Effects of human activities on monarch butterfly habitat in protected mountain forests, Mexico

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 242-246

  Ramírez, M Isabel ^a   Azcárate, Joaquín G ^b   Luna, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest disturbance; Monarch butterfly habitat; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

MOUNTAIN FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

BUTTERFLY; DEFORESTATION; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MEXICO;

ABIES; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 0042732926     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79242-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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