Diversity and rarity hotspots and conservation of butterfly communities in and around the Aokigahara woodland of Mount Fuji, central Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 503-522

  Kitahara, Masahiko ^a   Watanabe, Maki ^a  

^a YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butterfly community; Conservation; Diversity hotspots; Forest edge; Rarity hotspots

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION; FOREST EDGE; WOODLAND;

JAPAN;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0141975415     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2003.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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