Coevolution: Patterns of legume predation by a lycaenid butterfly

1 January 1972

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in Oecologia

Vol. 10 (2) , 99-104
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00347982

Abstract

Perennial legumes in Gunnison County, Colorado suffer heavy differential flower predation by larvae of a lycaenid butterfly. The butterfly populations may be resource-limited, and seem in turn to be an important factor in the evolution and distribution of the various legume species.

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