Evaluation of isolated and integrated prairie reconstructions as habitat for prairie butterflies

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-61

  Shepherd, Stephanie ^a,b   Debinski, Diane M ^a  

^a 253 Bessey Hall Iowa State   (United States)

^b Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Habitat isolation; Prairie; Reconstruction; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 22144447124     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.04.021     Document Type: Article

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