Host plant defences and voltinism in European butterflies

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-344

  Cizek, Lukas ^a   Fric, Zdenek ^b   Konvicka, Martin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Butterfly phylogeny; Comparative method; Herbivory; Insect seasonality; Insect plant interactions; Lepidoptera; Phenology; Plant defences

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; PALATABILITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VOLTINISM;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; POACEAE;

EID: 33746239307     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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