Detecting biodiversity hotspots using species-area and endemics-area relationships: The case of butterflies

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1977-1988

  Werner, Ulrich ^a   Buszko, Jarosław ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Endemics; Hotspots; Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; RHOPALOCERA;

EID: 21144446014     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-2526-6     Document Type: Article

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