Effects of patch size and type of coffee matrix on ithomiine butterfly diversity and dispersal in cloud-forest fragments

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 948-956

  Muriel, Sandra B ^a,b,c   Kattan, Gustavo H ^a,d  

^a Fundacion EcoAndina/Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia Program   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^c POLITÉCNICO COLOMBIANO JAIME ISAZA CADAVID   (Colombia)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Andes; Colombia; Dispersi n; Diversidad de mariposas; Fragmentaci n de bosques; Ithomiinae; Matriz de caf ; Paisajes rurales

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BUTTERFLY; CLOUD FOREST; COFFEE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; MICROCLIMATE; MOVEMENT; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE; COFFEE; COLOMBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLIES; CLIMATE; COFFEE; COLOMBIA; TREES;

ANDES; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DANAINAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 67650462259     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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