Butterfly host plant choice in the face of possible confusion

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 469-482

  Nylin, Sören ^a   Bergström, Anders ^a   Janz, Niklas ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Host plant preference; Information processing; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; LAMIUM ALBUM; POLYGONIA C-ALBUM; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 0033904661     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007839200323     Document Type: Article

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