Habitat use by the endangered Karner blue butterfly in oak woodlands: The influence of canopy cover

Biological Conservation

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 47-53

  Grundel, Ralph ^a   Pavlovic, Noel B ^a   Sulzman, Christina L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Host plant quality; Lupinus perennis; Lycaeides melissa samuelis; Shade

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CANOPY COVER; HABITAT USE; WOODLAND;

INDIANA; INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE; USA;

LEPIDOPTERA; LUPINUS PERENNIS; LYCAEIDES MELISSA; LYCAEIDES MELISSA SAMUELIS; LYCAENIDAE; MELISSA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032128270     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00165-1     Document Type: Article

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