Butterflies of the Toquima Range, Nevada: Distribution, natural history, and comparison to the Toiyabe Range

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-62

  Fleishman, Erica ^a,b   Murphy, Dennis D ^a,b   Austin, George T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nevada State Museum & Historical Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Conservation; Ecosystem management; Riparian habitat; Species richness; Toiyabe Range; Toquima Range

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033008512     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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