Loss of interactions with ants under cold climate in a regional myrmecophilous butterfly fauna

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1782-1790

  Pellissier, Loïc ^a   Litsios, Glenn ^a,b   Fiedler, Konrad ^c   Pottier, Julien ^a   Dubuis, Anne ^a   Pradervand, Jean Nicolas ^a   Salamin, Nicolas ^a,b   Guisan, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ants; Biotic interaction; Climatic niche; Elevational gradient; Generalist; Lycaenidae; Specialist; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; AUTONOMY; BUTTERFLY; CLADISTICS; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FILTER; GENERALIST; LOW TEMPERATURE; MUTUALISM; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIALIST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

FORMICIDAE; LYCAENIDAE; POLYOMMATINAE;

EID: 84866328863     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02743.x     Document Type: Article

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