Importance of historical factors on species richness and composition of butterfly assemblages (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in a northern Iberian mountain range

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-88

  Gutiérrez, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

biogeography; Butterflies; faunal composition; Iberian peninsula; species richness

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY ASSEMBLAGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; COLONIZATION; MOUNTAIN; REFUGE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SPAIN, CORDILLERA CANTABRICA, PICOS DE EUROPA;

FABACEAE; GENISTA;

EID: 0030617859     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00052.x     Document Type: Article

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