Nectar and hostplant scarcity limit populations of an endangered Oregon butterfly

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-238

  Schultz, Cheryl B ^a,b   Dlugosch, Katrina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fender's blue butterfly; Habitat degradation; Kincaid's lupine; Nectar quantity; Resource dependence

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRASSLAND; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION SIZE;

UNITED STATES;

ICARICA ICARIOIDES; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032907723     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050781     Document Type: Article

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