Host-plant specialisation and habitat restriction in an endangered insect, Lycaena dispar batavus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) II. Larval survival on alternative host plants in the field

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-62

  Martin, Lynn A ^a   Pullin, Andrew S ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterfly ecology; Competitive exclusion; Fenland; Larval survival; Rumex

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; LARVA; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL;

BENELUX; CAMBRIDGESHIRE; DE WEERRIBBEN NATIONAL PARK; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; OVERIJSSEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WOODWALTON FEN;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENA; LYCAENA DISPAR; LYCAENIDAE; RUMEX; RUMEX CRISPUS; RUMEX HYDROLAPATHUM;

EID: 1842730400     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2004.013     Document Type: Article

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