Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) of Roxborough State Park, Colorado, USA: Baseline inventory, community attributes, and monitoring plan

Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-295

  Nelson, S Mark ^a   Epstein, Marc E ^b  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly communities; Grazing; Inventory; Monitoring; Natural history

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY COMMUNITIES; GRAZING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MONITORING; SPECIES INVENTORY;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

USA, COLORADO, ROXBOROUGH STATE PARK;

BOS TAURUS; HESPERIOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA; OVIS ARIES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0032032413     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900104     Document Type: Article

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