Nymphalid butterfly dispersal among forest fragments at Serra da Canastra National Park, Brazil

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 401-411

  Marini Filho, Onildo J ^a,b   Martins, Rogério P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body size; Butterfly; Dispersal distance; Fruit feeding Nymphalidae; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; PATCH SIZE; PERSISTENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SERRA DA CANASTRA NATIONAL PARK;

CANASTRA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77954213786     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9271-9     Document Type: Article

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