A multi-scale analysis of species-environment relationships: Rare moths in a pitch pine-scrub oak (Pinus rigida-Quercus ilicifolia) community

Biological Conservation

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 495-506

  Grand, Joanna ^a   Mello, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Lloyd Ctr for Environmental Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Landscape; Lepidoptera; Pine barrens; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA; PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS RIGIDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILICIFOLIA;

EID: 3142708729     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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