Effects of fire management practices on butterfly diversity in the forested western United States

Biological Conservation

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Huntzinger, Mikaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Forest management; Fuel break; Lepidoptera; Prescribed burn; Riparian; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

(WESTERN); UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0038010503     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00356-7     Document Type: Review

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