The relationship between habitat selection and preference for adult and larval food resources in the polyphagous butterfly Vanessa cardui (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 767-780

  Janz, Niklas ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nectar preference; Neural limitations; Patch preference; Preference performance; Search behavior

Indexed keywords

CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; URTICA DIOICA; VANESSA CARDUI;

EID: 29844450625     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-005-8739-z     Document Type: Article

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