Biodiversity patterns of spring-associated butterflies in a Mojave Desert mountain range

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Fleishman, Erica ^a   Murphy, Dennis D ^b   Austin, George T ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Isolation; Nestedness; Riparian; Spring Mountains

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAND COVER; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; SPRING MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 23744459468     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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