Relationship of butterfly diversity with nectar plant species richness in and around the Aokigahara primary woodland of Mount Fuji, central Japan

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2713-2734

  Kitahara, Masahiko ^a   Yumoto, Mitsuko ^b   Kobayashi, Takato ^a  

^a YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult nectar plants; Butterfly diversity; Herbaceous plants; Plant butterfly relations; Species richness; Vegetation; Woodland habitats

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CORRELATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION; WOODLAND;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT FUJI;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 51649107348     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9265-4     Document Type: Article

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