Testing the host-finding ability of a monophagous caterpillar in the field

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 632-637

  Bierzychudek, Paulette ^a   Warner, Katy A ^a   McHugh, Anne ^a   Thomas, Laura ^a  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Experiment; Host plant; Lepidoptera; Movement behaviour; Reactive distance; Speyeria zerene hippolyta

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOST LOCATION; HOST PLANT; MOVEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; SPEYERIA ZERENE HIPPOLYTA; VIOLA ADUNCA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 70349088946     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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