The ecological role of extremely long-proboscid Neotropical butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in plant-pollinator networks

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 415-424

  Bauder, J A S ^a   Warren, A D ^b   Krenn, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calathea; Coevolution; Foraging behavior; Insect plant interaction; Skippers

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; BUTTERFLY; COEVOLUTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST PLANT; NECTAR; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; CALATHEA; HESPERIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84937516257     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-015-9379-7     Document Type: Article

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