Lepidopteran richness patterns in North America

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 448-453

  Kerr, Jeremy T ^a   Vincent, Rebecca ^a,c   Currie, David J ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity; Energy; Insects; Lepidopterans; Papilionidae; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; INSECT; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032454607     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682483     Document Type: Article

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