Ranking lepidopteran use of native versus introduced plants

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 941-947

  Tallamy, Douglas W ^a   Shropshire, Kimberley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversidad; Ecosistemas bajo manejo; Lepidoptera; Paisajes suburbanos; Plantas introducidas; Plantas nativas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARRYING CAPACITY; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; INSECT; INSECTIVORE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANTS;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 67650424284     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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