Seasonal variation in detectability of butterflies surveyed with Pollard walks

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-162

  Pellet, Jérôme ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b A Maibach Sàrl ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Detection probability; Fixed route transect; Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve; Monitoring; Rhopalocera; Site occupancy models; Surveys

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CRUZ [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CERCYONIS PEGALA; EUPHYDRYAS CHALCEDONA; LIMENITIS LORQUINI; LYCAENA; PAPILIONOIDEA; RHOPALOCERA;

EID: 40149106469     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9075-8     Document Type: Article

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