Allee effect and population dynamics in the Glanville fritillary butterfly

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 384-392

  Kuussaari, Mikko ^a,b   Saccheri, Ilik ^a   Camara, Mark ^a,c   Hanski, Ilkka ^a  

^a Dept of Ecology and Systematics ^*  (Finland)

^b Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BUTTERFLY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

FRITILLARIA (ANGIOSPERM); LEPIDOPTERA; MELITAEA CINXIA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0031868821     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546980     Document Type: Article

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