Habitat resources, remnant vegetation condition and area determine distribution patterns and abundance of butterflies and day-flying moths in a fragmented urban landscape, south-west Western Australia

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-54

  Williams, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Disturbance; Metapopulation; Site occupancy; Vegetation condition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUTTERFLY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE; METAPOPULATION; MOTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SITE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; MINYAS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79951550321     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9307-1     Document Type: Article

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