Complex habitat requirements and conservation needs of the only extant Baroniinae swallowtail butterfly

Animal Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-250

  León Cortés, Jorge L ^a   Pérez Espinoza, Francisco ^a   Marín, Linda ^a   Molina Martínez, Arcángel ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOST PLANT; OVIPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACACIA; ACACIA MACRACANTHA; ACACIA PENNATULA; BARONIA BREVICORNIS; BARONIINAE; FABACEAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONIDAE; PENNATULA;

EID: 14044250703     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943004001283     Document Type: Article

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