Butterflies select microhabitats on building walls

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 119-127

  Ruszczyk, A ^a   Silva, C F ^a  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Insect conservation; Lepidoptera; Urban entomology

Indexed keywords

LONG-TAILED SKIPPER; MICROHABITAT; WALL; ]HABITAT SELECTION;

BRAZIL; FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLANDIA;

HESPERIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; URBANUS;

EID: 0031464029     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(97)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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