The scale of resource specialization and the distribution and abundance of lycaenid butterflies

Oecologia

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 375-383

  Hughes, Jennifer B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance distribution relationship; Lycaenidae; Resource and habitat specialization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0034096997     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420051024     Document Type: Article

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