Comparisons of butterfly richness and abundance measures in prairie and barrens

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1639-1659

  Swengel, Ann B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly transect surveys; Conservation prioritization; Shannon Weiner diversity index; Site ranking; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRAIRIE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032463251     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008835107561     Document Type: Article

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