Butterfly community recovery in degraded rainforest habitats in the Upper Guinean Forest Zone (Kakum forest, Ghana)

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Sáfián, Szabolcs ^a   Csontos, Gábor ^b   Winkler, Dániel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Butterfly community recovery; Fruit feeding butterflies; Ghana; Kakum forest; Rainforest regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST;

GHANA;

ANIMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79951557950     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9343-x     Document Type: Article

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