A complete record from colonization to extinction reveals density dependence and the importance of winter conditions for a population of the silvery blue, Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Forister, Matthew L ^a   Fordyce, James A ^b   McCall, Andrew C ^c   Shapiro, Arthur M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic host; Lycaenidae; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

GLAUCOPSYCHE LYGDAMUS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84857267867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.011.13001     Document Type: Article

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