Butterfly spatial distribution and habitat requirements in a tropical forest: Impacts of selective logging

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 564-572

  Hill, Jane K ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borneo; Drought; Lepidoptera; Sabah; Transect

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

MALAYSIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; RAGADIA; RAGADIA MAKUTA; SATYRINAE;

EID: 0032885427     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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