Forest butterflies in West Africa have resisted extinction... so far (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2833-2847

  Larsen, Torben B ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; Butterfly survival; Extinction; Forest fauna; Hesperioidea; Papilionoidea; Species survival

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EXTINCTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RARITY;

AFRICA; DAHOMEY GAP; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

HESPERIOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 53549111594     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9399-z     Document Type: Article

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