Effects of fire and hay management on abundance of prairie butterflies

Biological Conservation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-85

  Swengel, Ann B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Fire; Grassland management; Hay; Hesperia dacotae; Speyeria idalia

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FIRE; HAY; PRAIRIE MANAGEMENT;

(MIDWEST); USA;

ATRYTONE AROGOS; HESPERIA DACOTAE; HESPERIA LEONARDUS; HESPERIA OTTOE; LEPIDOPTERA; OARISMA POWESHIEK; SPEYERIA IDALIA;

EID: 0029669133     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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