Exotic grass invasion impacts fitness of an endangered prairie butterfly, Icaricia icarioides fenderi

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 651-661

  Severns, Paul M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly behavior; Grassland; Habitat quality; Invasive species; Oviposition preference; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLONIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; OVIPOSITION;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; ICARICIA ICARIOIDES; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; POACEAE;

EID: 53549084319     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9101-x     Document Type: Article

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