The Western Viceroy butterfly (Nymphalidae: Limenitis archippus obsoleta): An indicator for riparian restoration in the arid southwestern United States?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-211

  Nelson, S Mark ^a  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bill Williams River; Colorado River; Indicator organisms; Limenitis archippus obsoleta; Riparian restoration; River regulation; Viceroy butterfly; Willow

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS;

INDICATOR ORGANISMS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOINDICATOR; BUTTERFLY; FLOW REGULATION; MONITORING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE;

COLORADO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA; LIMENITIS; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; RIPARIA; SALIX;

EID: 0141924114     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-160X(03)00044-X     Document Type: Article

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