The use of specimen-label databases for conservation purposes: An example using Mexican Papilionid and Pierid butterflies

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1441-1466

  Soberón, Jorge M ^a   Llorente, Jorge B ^b   Oñate, Leonor ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Conservation; Mexico; Museum databases

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 0033761143     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008987010383     Document Type: Article

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