Distribution, population structure and habitat use of the endangered Saint Francis Satyr butterfly, Neonympha mitchellii francisci

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 298-320

  Kuefler, Daniel ^a,e   Haddad, Nick M ^a   Hall, Stephen ^b   Hudgens, Brian ^a,c   Bartel, Becky ^a   Hoffman, Erich ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Natural Heritage Program   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^d Derectorate of Public Works   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; COLONIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CAREX; CAREX MITCHELLIANA; NEONYMPHA MITCHELLII;

EID: 42449155839     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)159[298:DPSAHU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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