Effects of management on butterfly abundance in tallgrass prairie and pine barrens

Biological Conservation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-89

  Swengel, Ann B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; Grassland; Grazing; Haying; Midwest USA; Mowing; Savanna and wildfire

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; MANAGEMENT; PINE BARRENS; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE;

USA, (MIDWEST);

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0031986320     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00129-2     Document Type: Article

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