Habitat restoration affects immature stages of a wetland butterfly through indirect effects on predation

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1761-1767

  Aschehoug, Erik T ^a   Sivakoff, F S ^a,c   Cayton, H L ^a   Morris, W F ^b   Haddad, N M ^a   Reeve, J D ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Appalachian Brown; Butterfly; Indirect effects; Neonympha mitchellii francisci; Predation; Restoration; Satyrodes appalachia; St. Francis' satyr

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HOST PLANT; MATURATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC LEVEL; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

APPALACHIANS; EASTERN CAPE; SAINT FRANCIS BAY; SOUTH AFRICA;

NEONYMPHA MITCHELLII;

ANIMAL; BUTTERFLY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; LARVA; OVUM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WETLANDS;

EID: 84937012892     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-2403.1     Document Type: Article

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