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Coevolution: patterns of legume predation by a lycaenid butterfly

Authors: Breedlove, D. E.; Ehrlich, P. R.
Year: 1972
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 10, pp. 99-104
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/bf00347982
Keywords: COEVOLUTION, HERBIVORY, RMBL

Abstract

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

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