Cold-adapted species in a warming world - an explorative study on the impact of high winter temperatures on a continental butterfly

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 270-279

  Stuhldreher, Gregor ^a   Hermann, Gabriel ^b   Fartmann, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Working Group for Animal Ecology and Planning   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diapause; Erebia medusa; Global warming; Hibernation temperature; Laboratory experiment; Larval ecology; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Population ecology; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BUTTERFLY; DIAPAUSE; EMERGENCE; FEMALE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; HIBERNATION; MALE; PHENOLOGY; SURVIVAL; WINTER; WOODLAND;

EID: 84900396936     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12193     Document Type: Article

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