Discrimination within and between host species by a butterfly: Implications for design of preference experiments

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-105

  Singer, Michael C ^a   Lee, Joy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Experimental design; Melitaea cinxia; Plant insect interactions; Plantago lanceolata; Preference; Veronica spicata

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

LEPIDOPTERA; MELITAEA CINXIA; NYMPHALIDAE; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; VERONICA SPICATA;

EID: 0034052617     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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