Host plant phenology and butterfly dispersal: Causes and consequences of uphill movement

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-180

  Peterson, Merrill A ^a,b  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Eriogonum compositum; Euphilotes enoptes; Flowering phenology; Lycaenidae; Population density; Topography

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FLOWERING PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TOPOGRAPHY; UPHILL MOVEMENT;

USA, WASHINGTON, WENATCHEE MOUNTAINS;

ERIOGONUM COMPOSITUM; EUPHILOTES ENOPTES; LYCAENIDAE; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 0030742361     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0167:HPPABD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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