Specificity, rank preference, and the colonization of a non-native host plant by the Melissa blue butterfly

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-188

  Forister, M L ^a   Scholl, C F ^a   Jahner, J P ^a   Wilson, J S ^a   Fordyce, J A ^b   Gompert, Z ^c   Narala, D R ^a   Alex Buerkle, C ^d   Nice, C C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Texas State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Hierarchical Bayesian model; Host range; Lycaeides; Oviposition; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BUTTERFLY; COLONIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; OVIPOSITION; SPECIALIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; LYCAEIDES; LYCAEIDES MELISSA; LYCAEIDES MELISSA MELISSA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84876163533     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2476-8     Document Type: Article

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