Atlantic forest butterflies: Indicators for landscape conservation

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 4 B, 2000, Pages 934-956

  Brown Jr , Keith S ^a   Freitas, André Victor L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forests; Brazil; Butterflies; Canonical ordination of environments and faunas; Censuses; Conservation; Correlations; Indicator taxa; Monitoring; PCA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAZIL; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICS;

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL;

HESPERIIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYCAENIDAE; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0342902337     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00631.x     Document Type: Article

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