Butterfly diversity in Mediterranean islands and in Pentadaktylos Pinus brutia forests of Cyprus

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2821-2832

  Özden, Özge ^a   Ciesla, William M ^b   Fuller, Wayne J ^a,c   Hodgson, David J ^c  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF LEFKE   (Turkey)

^b Forest Hlth Mgmt International   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Cyprus; Diversity; Forests; Lepidoptera; Mediterranean islands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISLAND; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PINUS BRUTIA;

EID: 53549109991     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9382-8     Document Type: Article

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