Conservative resource utilization in the common blue butterfly - Evidence for low costs of accepting absent host plants?

Oikos

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 345-351

  Bergström, Anders ^a   Nylin, Sören ^a   Nygren, Georg H ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; RESOURCE USE;

ANIMALIA; CELASTRINA LADON; LEPIDOPTERA; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; LYCAENIDAE; OXYTROPIS; OXYTROPIS CAMPESTRIS; POLYOMMATUS; POLYOMMATUS ICARUS;

EID: 5144228740     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12780.x     Document Type: Article

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