Effects of submergence by winter floods on diapausing caterpillars of a wetland butterfly, Lycaena dispar batavus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-99

  Webb, Mark R ^a   Pullin, Andrew S ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Lepidoptera; Overwintering survival; Population dynamics; Wetland ecology

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; DIAPAUSE; FLOODING; SUBMERGENCE;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENA DISPAR; LYCAENA DISPAR BATAVUS; LYCAENIDAE;

EID: 0031936926     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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