Butterfly edge effects are predicted by a simple model in a complex landscape

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-86

  Ries, Leslie ^a,b   Sisk, Thomas D ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological boundary; Ecotone; Fragmentation; Habitat edge; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BUTTERFLY; COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOTONE; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42149126998     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0976-3     Document Type: Article

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