Adaptations to captivity in the butterfly Pieris brassicae (L.) and the implications for ex situ conservation

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-63

  Lewis, O T ^a,b   Thomas, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Evolution; Fitness; Morphology; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETICS;

INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034980318     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011348716934     Document Type: Article

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