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Coevolution: Patterns of legume predation by a lycaenid butterfly

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

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  1. Department of Botany, California Academy of Sciences, 94118, San Francisco, California, USA

    D. E. Breedlove

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, California, USA

    P. R. Ehrlich

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Breedlove, D.E., Ehrlich, P.R. Coevolution: Patterns of legume predation by a lycaenid butterfly. Oecologia 10, 99–104 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347982

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