Flower Visit Consistency in Pieris rapae, the Cabbage Butterfly
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Animal Ecology
- Vol. 58 (1) , 1-13
- https://doi.org/10.2307/4982
Abstract
(1) Animals of several taxa are selective in their diet choices, bypassing potentially rewarding species while foraging. In particular, many nectar and pollen-f...This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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