Parasitism and migration in southern palaearctic populations of the painted lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-94

  Stefanescu, Constantí ^a,b   Askew, Richard R ^c   Corbera, Jordi ^d   Shaw, Mark R ^e  

^a Butterfly Monitoring Scheme   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c Beeston Hall Mews ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Secció de Ciències Naturals   (Spain)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cotesia vanessae; Enemy free space; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Population dynamics; Primary parasitoids; Seasonal migration; Secondary parasitoids

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ENEMY FREE SPACE; LARVA; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MOROCCO; SPAIN;

EID: 84865167476     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2012.011     Document Type: Article

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