Drought reduces breeding success of the butterfly Aglais urticae

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-318

  Pollard, E ^a   Greatorex Davies, J N ^b   Thomas, J A ^b  

^a Springhill Farm   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Drought; Insects and weather; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SUCCESS; DROUGHT; SMALL TORTOISESHELL;

AGLAIS URTICAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; URTICAE;

EID: 0030870365     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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