Distribution of edaphic-endemic butterflies in the Sierra Nevada of California

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-162

  Gervais, Bruce R ^a,b   Shapiro, Arthur M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterflies; California; Conservation biology; Edaphic endemism; Erynnis; Gabbro; Hesperia; Mitoura; Serpentine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033371619     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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