Habitat utilization by ovipositing females and larvae of the Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) in a mosaic of meadows and croplands

• Wenhua Liu, Yifei Wang, Rumei Xu
• Published 2006 in Journal of Insect Conservation
• DOI:10.1007/s10841-006-9009-x

The butterfly Euphydryas aurinia occurs as a classical metapopulation in Yanjiaping village, Heibei province, China. In the patch network under study there were 38 habitat patches. Most patches were uncultivated, consisting of meadows and fallows, while others had been cultivated, i.e., used as small croplands. In the cultivated patches, the habitat for the… CONTINUE READING

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