Successful conservation of a threatened Maculinea butterfly.
Globally threatened butterflies have prompted research-based approaches to insect conservation. Here, we describe the reversal of the decline of Maculinea arion (Large Blue), a charismatic specialist whose larvae parasitize Myrmica ant societies. M. arion larvae were more specialized than had previo...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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