Similarity and specialization of the larval versus adult diet of European butterflies and moths

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 372-382

  Altermatt, Florian ^a,b   Pearse, Ian S ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food plants; Herbivorous insects; Larval diet; Lepidoptera; Nectar producing plants; Plant insect interactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BUTTERFLY; DATA SET; DIET; HOST PLANT; HOST USE; LARVA; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOTH; NECTARIVORY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESOURCE USE; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; DIET; EUROPE; HERBIVORY; HOST RANGE; LARVA; MOTH; NECTAR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; DIET; EUROPE; HERBIVORY; HOST SPECIFICITY; LARVA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHS; PLANT NECTAR;

EUROPE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 80051523979     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661248     Document Type: Article

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