Diet breadth and host plant diversity of tropical-vs. temperate-zone herbivores: South-East Asian and West Palaearctic butterflies as a case study

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-297

  Fiedler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Host plant relationships; Insect herbivores; Papilionoidea; Polyphagy; Specialization

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BUTTERFLY; DIET; HERBIVORE; HOST SPECIFICITY; NICHE;

ASIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONIDAE; PIERIDAE;

EID: 0031818072     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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