Habitat preferences of butterflies in the Bumbuna forest, Northern Sierra Leone

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sundufu, Abu James ^a   Dumbuya, Rashida ^a  

^a NJALA UNIVERSITY   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SIERRA LEONE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 54949104660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.008.6401     Document Type: Article

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