Faunal patterns in Tuscan archipelago butterflies: The dominant influence is recent geography not paleogeography

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 497-503

  Dapporto, Leonardo ^a   Cini, Alessandro ^b  

^a Istituto Comprensivo Materna Elementere Media Convenevole da Prato   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Corsica; Faunal composition; Island area; Isolation; Lepidoptera; Pleistocene; Recent geography; Richness; Tuscan archipelago; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FAUNA; ISOLATED POPULATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; WESTERN EUROPE;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 34848883577     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.070     Document Type: Article

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