On the conservation biology of a Chinese population of the birdwing Troides aeacus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-268

  Li, Xiu shan ^a,b,c   Luo, You qing ^a   Zhang, Ya lin ^b   Schweiger, Oliver ^d   Settele, Josef ^d   Yang, Qing sen ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c The Station of Forests Pests and Diseases Control and Quarantine   (China)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Meta)population structure; Biology; Conservation strategies; Habitat modeling; Habitat preference; Troides aeacus

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST PLANT; METAPOPULATION; NECTAR; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CHINA; GANSU;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONIDAE; TROIDES;

EID: 77954084509     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-009-9254-x     Document Type: Article

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