Butterfly responses to prairie restoration through fire and grazing

Biological Conservation

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 78-90

  Vogel, Jennifer A ^a   Debinski, Diane M ^a   Koford, Rolf R ^a   Miller, James R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; Butterflies; Grazing; Insect conservation; Restoration; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE; GRAZING; GUILD; HABITAT LOSS; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 35148892800     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.07.027     Document Type: Article

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