Effect of small-scale disturbance on butterfly communities of an Indochinese montane rainforest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-15

  Spitzer, Karel ^a   Jaroš, Josef ^a   Havelka, Jan ^a   Lepš, Jan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

butterflies; conservation; constrained ordination; disturbance; gaps; geographic range; rainforest; Tam Dao; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY COMMUNITY; DISTURBANCE; LOGGING; MONTANE FOREST;

VIETNAM, TAM DAO MOUNTAINS;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0031107131     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00079-1     Document Type: Article

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