Host plant preferences in the comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album): Do parents and offspring agree?

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-289

  Nylin, Sören ^a   Janz, Niklas ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Host plant; Inclusive fitness; Nymphalidae; Oviposition; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; HESPERIA COMMA BOREALIS; INSECTA; NYMPHALIDAE; POLYGONIA C-ALBUM; SALIX; SALIX CAPREA; ULMUS; ULMUS GLABRA; URTICA DIOICA; LEPIDOPTERA;

COMMA; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; OFFSPRING; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0030429340     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682344     Document Type: Article

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