Analysis and understanding of butterfly community composition based on multivariate approaches and the concept of generalist/specialist strategies

Entomological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-149

  Kitahara, Masahiko ^a   Fujii, Koichi ^b  

^a YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation priority, generalist specialist selection continuum; Principal components analysis (PCA); Species characteristic; Species composition; Species grouping

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845380006     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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