The butterfly fauna of Curacao, West Indies: 1996 status and long-term species turnover

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 184-194

  Debrot, A O ^a   Miller, J Y ^b   Miller, L D ^b   Leysner, B T ^a  

^a CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUTTERFLY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0033508478     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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