Frugivorous butterflies in Venezuelan forest fragments: Abundance, diversity and the effects of isolation

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 703-722

  Shahabuddin, Ghazala ^a,b   Terborgh, John W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Dry forest; Fragmentation; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Species composition; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

VENEZUELA;

LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0033374413     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499001121     Document Type: Article

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