Understanding the population dynamics of a rare, polyvoltine butterfly

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-236

  Pickens, B A ^a,b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Indices; Monitoring; Polyvoltine; Population dynamics; Time series

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RARITY; TIME SERIES;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; LYCAEIDES MELISSA SAMUELIS; MAMMALIA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 35349002760     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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