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The scale of resource specialization and the distribution and abundance of lycaenid butterflies

Authors: Hughes, J. B.
Year: 2000
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 123, pp. 375-383
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/s004420051024
Keywords: ABUNDANCE, DISTRIBUTION, LEPIDOPTERA, LYCAENIDAE, RMBL, SCALE

Abstract

How hostplant specialization and abundance affect the relative abundance and distribution of lycaenid butterflies is considered and it is suggested that abundance-distribution relationships might emerge at regional and continental scales if local abundance were averaged across many habitat types.

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