A comparison of larval survivorship in wild and introduced populations of the large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar batavus)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 349-358

  Nicholls, C N ^a   Pullin, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Conservation; Diapause; Lepidoptera; Re introduction

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DIAPAUSE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034007672     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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