An experimental test of corridor effects on butterfly densities

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 623-633

  Haddad, Nick M ^a,b   Baum, Kristen A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Department of Ecology ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Conservation; Corridors; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape experiment; Patch colonization; Population densities; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

EUPTOIETA CLAUDIA; JUNONIA COENIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIO TROILUS; PHOEBIS SENNAE;

EID: 0033134693     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0623:AETOCE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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