Early-spring floods decrease the survival of hibernating larvae of a wetland-inhabiting population of Neptis rivularis (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-88

  Konvicka M ^a   Nedved O ^a   Fric, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Floodplain ecology; Inundation; Larval dormancy; Population dynamics; Survival; Winter mortality

Indexed keywords

NEPTIS RIVULARIS;

EID: 0036376466     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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