Adult butterfly communities in coffee plantations around a protected area in the Western Ghats, India

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-34

  Dolia, J ^a,b   Devy, M S ^c   Aravind, N A ^c   Kumar, A ^a,b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^c ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Bait trap; Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary; Canopy cover; Chikmagalur; Conservation; Feeding guild; Grevillea robusta; Proximity to forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COFFEE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GUILD STRUCTURE; MICROCLIMATE; PLANTATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; BHADRA TIGER RESERVE; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

GREVILLEA ROBUSTA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 38949113711     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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