Morphological grouping of Mexican butterflies in relation to habitat association

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 927-944

  De La Maza, Roberto ^a   Soberón, Jorge ^b  

^a BICENOSIS AC   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Coloration patterns; Conservation; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031753390     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008877304630     Document Type: Article

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