Oviposition by the Mountain Alcon Blue butterfly increases with host plant flower number and host ant abundance

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Basic and Applied Ecology

• Publication date

  2018-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.BAAE.2018.02.008
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