Butterfly communities in South Australian urban reserves: Estimating abundance and diversity using the Pollard walk

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-290

  Collier, N ^a   MacKay, D A ^a   Benkendorff, K ^a   Austin, A D ^b   Carthew, S M ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Diversity; Pollard walk; Urban habitat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

HESPERIIDAE; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33644659730     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01577.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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