Relationship of host plant density to size and abundance of the regal fritillary Speyeria idalia Drury (nymphalidae)

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 262-276

  Kelly, Liesl ^a   Debinski, Diane M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Growth; Host plants; Viola pedatifida; Violets

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FOOD LIMITATION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DECLINE;

UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; SPEYERIA IDALIA;

EID: 0032323648     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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