Urbanization and butterfly diversity: A case study in Guangzhou, China

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3911-3918

  Li, Zhi Gang ^a,b,c   Zhang, Bi Sheng ^b   Gong, Peng Bo ^b   Li, Jun ^b   Zhai, Xin ^b   Han, Shi Chou ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Species diversity; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 69549123788     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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