Larval adaptation of the endangered maritime ringlet Coenonympha tullia nipisiquit McDonnough (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) to a saline wetland habitat

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1535-1540

  Sei, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillar ecology; Coenonympha tullia nipisiquit; Hypoxia; Salt marsh; Tidal submergence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUTTERFLY; FLOODING; RARE SPECIES; SALTMARSH; SUBMERGENCE; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COENONYMPHA; COENONYMPHA INORNATA; COENONYMPHA TULLIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 11144228729     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.6.1535     Document Type: Article

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