Generalist-specialist continuum and life history traits of Central European butterflies (Lepidoptera) - are we missing a part of the picture?

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 543-553

  Bartonova, Alena ^a,b   Benes, Jiri ^b   Konvicka, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C S R strategies; Central Europe; Czech butterflies; Generalist specialist continuum; Lepidoptera; Life history traits; Population trend; Voltinism constraint

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; GENERALIST; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIALIST; VOLTINISM;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; POACEAE;

EID: 84910652061     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2014.060     Document Type: Article

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