Seasonal variation in the use of vegetation resources by Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), a multivoltine species in southern Britain: Implications for its conservation at the edge of its range and in the context of climate change

Entomologist's Gazette

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-82

  Jeffcoate, Stephen ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LEPTIDEA SINAPIS; PIERIDAE; SINAPIS;

EID: 33646550547     PISSN: 00138894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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