Direct and indirect responses of tallgrass prairie butterflies to prescribed burning

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 663-677

  Vogel, Jennifer A ^a   Koford, Rolf R ^a   Debinski, Diane M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Grassland management; Indirect effects; Path analysis; Prescribed fire; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATH ANALYSIS; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 78249258996     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9295-1     Document Type: Article

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