DNA-based confirmation that the parasitic wasp Cotesia glomerata (Braconidae, Hymenoptera) is a new threat to endemic butterflies of the Canary Islands

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1431-1437

  Lozan, Aurel I ^a   Monaghan, Michael T ^b,c   Spitzer, Karel ^a   Jaroš, Josef ^a   Žurovcová, Martina ^a   Brož, Václav ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alien parasitoids; Island endemics; Laurel forests; Mitochondrial DNA; Threatened butterflies

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVERGREEN TREE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARASITOID; WASP;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LA PALMA; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA GLOMERATA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIS (BUTTERFLY); PIERIS BRASSICAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 55949108237     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9470-4     Document Type: Article

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