Can the Geranium Bronze, Cacyreus marshalli, become a threat for European biodiversity?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1429-1437

  Quacchia, Ambra ^a   Ferracini, Chiara ^a   Bonelli, Simona ^a   Balletto, Emilio ^a   Alma, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Competition with native species; Geranium; Host plant preference; Pelargonium

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; COHABITATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION; FITNESS; HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION;

ARICIA; CACYREUS MARSHALLI; EUMEDONIA; GERANIACEAE; GERANIUM (GENUS); GERANIUM PRATENSE; GERANIUM SANGUINEUM; GERANIUM SYLVATICUM; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PELARGONIUM;

EID: 45449101872     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9350-3     Document Type: Article

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