Considering local adaptation in issues of lepidopteran conservation a review and recommendations

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-303

  Aardema, Matthew L ^a   Scriber, J Mark ^b   Hellmann, Jessica J ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; EXTINCTION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIFE HISTORY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; SPECIALIZATION;

INVERTEBRATA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79953246398     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-165.2.294     Document Type: Review

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