Butterfly species richness patterns in Canada: Energy, heterogeneity, and the potential consequences of climate change

Conservation Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Kerr, Jeremy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Climate change; Habitat heterogeneity; Land cover; Latitudinal gradients; Pollinator; Species richness; Species richness energy theory

Indexed keywords

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0002644664     PISSN: 11955449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-00246-050110     Document Type: Review

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