Cars, cows, and checkerspot butterflies: Nitrogen deposition and management of nutrient-poor grasslands for a threatened species

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1476-1486

  Weiss, Stuart B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BUTTERFLY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; SERPENTINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED STATES;

EUPHYDRYAS EDITHA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0032712981     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98468.x     Document Type: Article

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