Coincidence between consumer and host occurrence: Macrolepidoptera in Britain

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-208

  Quinn, Rachel M ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Roy, David B ^b  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NERC Centre for Population Biology ^*

Author keywords

Abundance; feeding specificity; Phragmites australis; range size

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; HOST PLANT; MONOPHAGY; MOTH;

UK;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0030617647     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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