Importance of reserves, fragments, and parks for butterfly conservation in a tropical urban landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1695-1708

  Lian, Pin Koh ^a   Sodhi, Navjot S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Butterfly conservation; Classification tree; Conservation value; Ordination; Rarefaction; Reconciliation ecology; Southeast Asia; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ORDINATION; PARK DESIGN; RESERVE DESIGN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 11144251631     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5269     Document Type: Article

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