Coincidence in the distributions of butterflies and their foodplants

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-288

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

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST PLANT; RANGE SIZE;

UK;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0031840195     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00565.x     Document Type: Article

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