Host ant independent oviposition in the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-176

  Fürst, Matthias A ^a   Nash, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ant dependent oviposition; Controlled experiment; Egg laying; Myrmica

Indexed keywords

ANT; BUTTERFLY; COLONY; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEST; OVIPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

FORMICIDAE; GENTIANA; MACULINEA; MACULINEA ALCON; MYRMICA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77951437631     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0730     Document Type: Article

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