More than just indicators: A review of tropical butterfly ecology and conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1831-1841

  Bonebrake, Timothy C ^a   Ponisio, Lauren C ^a   Boggs, Carol L ^a   Ehrlich, Paul R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Conservation; Ecology; Lepidoptera; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOINDICATOR; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77954815397     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.044     Document Type: Review

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