An assessment of direct and indirect effects of climate change for populations of the Rocky Mountain Apollo butterfly (Parnassius smintheus Doubleday)

Insect Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-392

  Matter, Stephen F ^a   Doyle, Amanda ^b   Illerbrun, Kurt ^b   Wheeler, Jeanette ^b   Roland, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine; Host plants; Population growth; Tree line; Weather

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; PARNASSIINAE; PARNASSIUS SMINTHEUS;

EID: 79960473603     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01407.x     Document Type: Review

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