Dispersal of the lycaenid Plebejus argus in response to patches of its mutualist ant Lasius niger

Oikos

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 162-174

  Seymour, Adrian S ^a,b   Gutiérrez, David ^a,c   Jordano, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Univ Rey Juan Carlos ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BUTTERFLY; DISPERSAL; MOVEMENT; MUTUALISM;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIUS NIGER; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PLEBEJUS ARGUS;

EID: 0142134204     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12331.x     Document Type: Article

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