Recovery of indigenous butterfly community following control of invasive alien plants in a tropical island's wet forests

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3835-3848

  Florens, F B Vincent ^a,b   Mauremootoo, John R ^c,d   Fowler, Simon V ^e   Winder, Linton ^f   Baider, Cláudia ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^c MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

^d BioNET INTERNATIONAL Secretariat   (United Kingdom)

^e LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g Mauritius Herbarium MSIRI ^*  (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Biodiversity hotspot; Butterflies; Canopy cover; Conservation management; Exotic invasive plants; Forest restoration; Mauritius; Psidium cattleianum; Weed control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WEED CONTROL;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

ARTHROPODA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM CATTLEIANUM;

EID: 78649732603     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9930-x     Document Type: Article

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