Restoration action and species response: Oviposition habits of Plebejus icarioides fenderi (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) across a restoration chronosequence in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 511-520

  Carleton, Alexa ^a   Schultz, Cheryl B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Habitat restoration; Lepidoptera; Reproductive response; Restoration age

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BUTTERFLY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT RESTORATION; OVIPOSITION; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION;

OREGON; UNITED STATES; WILLAMETTE VALLEY;

LEPIDOPTERA; LUPINUS OREGANUS; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEBEJUS;

EID: 84877829660     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-012-9535-7     Document Type: Article

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