title: Population biology of the checkerspot butterfly, Euphydryas chalcedona structure of the Jasper Ridge colony.
abstract: Euphydryas chalcedona at Jasper Ridge consists of two independently varying major demographic units, similar in scale but not in structure to those of Euphydryas editha. In contrast, however, Jasper Ridge E. chalcedona represent just a portion of a deme-while E. editha occurs as two partially connected demes. The life history and general ecology of E. chalcedona is described and compared with those of its intensively-studied congener. Various problems of mark-release-recapture estimation of population size are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 04305, Stanford, California, USA.
authors.forename: Irene L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 04305, Stanford, California, USA.
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ehrlich