Population dynamics and conservation of a specialized predator: A case study of Maculinea arion

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 525-542

  Mouquet, Nicolas ^a   Thomas, Jeremy A ^b   Elmes, Graham W ^b   Clarke, Ralph T ^b   Hochberg, Michael E ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Case model; Complex life cycle; Conservation; Maculinea arion; Management; Nested density dependence; Population dynamics; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARION; FORMICIDAE; MACULINEA; MACULINEA ARION; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 26944493327     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0319     Document Type: Article

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