Ecological and biogeographical effects of forest disturbance on tropical butterflies of Sumba, Indonesia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-75

  Hamer, K C ^a,d   Hill, J K ^b   Lace, L A ^c   Langan, A M ^c  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterflies; conservation; disturbance; geographic range; habitat preferences; Indonesia; lowland monsoon forest; rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BUTTERFLY ASSEMBLAGE; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT PREFERENCE; RAINFOREST;

INDONESIA, SUMBA;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0030617862     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00051.x     Document Type: Article

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