Preferences for exotic flowers do not promote urban life in butterflies

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-107

  Bergerot, Benjamin ^a   Fontaine, Benoit ^a   Renard, Mathilde ^b   Cadi, Antoine ^c   Julliard, Romain ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Noé Conservation   (France)

^c Fondation Nicolas Hulot pour la Nature et l'Homme   (France)

Author keywords

Butterfly diet; Butterfly Feeding Specialization; Lepidoptera; Participative sciences; Proboscis length; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY;

BUTTERFLY FEEDING SPECIALIZATION; LEPIDOPTERA; PARTICIPATIVE SCIENCES; PROBOSCIS LENGTH; URBANIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BUTTERFLY; DIET; FOOD PROCESSING; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77951620947     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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