Sunday, November 16, 2008 - 10:44 AM
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Complex pattern of indirect interaction between butterflies due to shared parasitoids

Saskya Van Nouhuys, saskya@cornell.edu, University of Helsinki, Metapopulation Research group, PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), Helsinki, Finland and Thomas Stein Kraft, Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY.



Species 1: Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Melitaea cinxia (Glanville fritillary)
Species 2: Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Melitaea athalia (heath fritillary, checkerspot butterfly)
Species 3: Hymenoptera Pteromalidae Pteromalus spp