Effects of habitat reduction on the persistence of Ichneumon eumerus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), the specialist parasitoid of Maculinea rebeli (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-66

  Hochberg, Michael E ^a   Elmes, G W ^b   Thomas, J A ^b   Clarke, R T ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Environmental gradient; Extinction; Parasite; Persistence

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED BUTTERFLY; HABITAT REDUCTION; PARASITOID;

EUROPE, PYRENEES; SPAIN, PYRENEES;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMON EUMERUS; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA REBELI;

EID: 0031843906     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009644807126     Document Type: Article

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