Are honeydew/sap-feeding butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) affected by particulate air-pollution?

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-14

  Corke, David ^a  

^a Tye Green House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Butterflies; Conservation; Epping forest; Extinction; Soot

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUTTERFLY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

APHIDIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; RHOPALOCERA;

EID: 0033491005     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009670404398     Document Type: Article

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