The role of niche breadth, resource availability and range position on the life history of butterflies

Oikos

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-54

  Komonen, Atte ^a   Grapputo, Alessandro ^b   Kaitala, Veijo ^b   Kotiaho, Janne S ^b   Päivinen, Jussi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; MOBILITY; NICHE; RANGE SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 1542648603     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12958.x     Document Type: Article

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