Nettle-feeding nymphalid butterflies: Temperature, development and distribution

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 390-398

  Bryant, Simon R ^a   Thomas, Chris D ^b   Bale, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aglais urticae; Degree days; Developmental threshold; Growth rate; Inachis io; Polygonia c album; Pupal weight; Range margins; Thermoregulation; Vanessa atalanta

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; STINGING NETTLE; TEMPERATURE;

EUROPE; UK;

AGLAIS URTICAE; INACHIS IO; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; POLYGONIA C-ALBUM; URTICA; URTICA DIOCIA; URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE; URTICAE; VANESSA ATALANTA;

EID: 0030693809     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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