Spatial Variation in Species Diversity and Composition of Forest Lepidoptera in Eastern Deciduous Forests of North America

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1045-1057

  Summerville, Keith S ^a,b   Boulware, Michael J ^a   Veech, Joseph A ^a   Crist, Thomas O ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0345448768     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02059.x     Document Type: Article

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