Refining a conservation plan for an endangered lycaednid butterfly, Acrodipsas myrmecophila, in Victoria, Australia

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 65-72

  New, T R ^a   Britton, D R ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Invertebrate survey; Monitoring; Mutualism; Myrmecophily; Status evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011269822     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018431009427     Document Type: Article

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