Geographical variation in host-ant specificity of the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon in Denmark

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 403-414

  Als, Thomas Damm ^a   Nash, David R ^a,b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clumped distribution; Geographical variation; Host specificity; Maculinea alcon; Myrmica; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANT; BUTTERFLY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

DENMARK;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACULINEA ALCON; MYRMICA; MYRMICA RUBRA; MYRMICA RUGINODIS; MYRMICA SCABRINODIS;

EID: 0036331499     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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