Prescribed fire management of Karner blue butterfly habitat at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-108

  Kwilosz, John R ^a   Knutson, Randy L ^a  

^a Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Karner blue butterfly; Lycaeides melissa samuelis; Prescribed fire; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032904962     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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