Temporal abundance patterns of butterfly communities (lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the ecuadorian amazonia and their relationship with climate

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 470-486

  Fernanda Checa, María ^a,b   Barragán, Alvaro ^a   Rodríguez, Joana ^c   Christman, Mary ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Precipitation; Rotting carrion Nymphalid guild; Temperature; Temporal abundance patterns; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77952050013     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2009.10697630     Document Type: Article

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