Resolving conflicts between butterfly host resource abundance and genet population size estimates for a vegetatively spreading, threatened grassland legume

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1152-1158

  Severns, Paul M ^a   Wilson, Mark V ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fender's blue butterfly; Kincaid's lupine; Plant clonality; Population monitoring; Population size; Statistical vs. biological relevance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; CLONAL ORGANISM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENET; GENOTYPE; GRASSLAND; HOST SPECIFICITY; LEGUME; POPULATION SIZE; RARE SPECIES; RHIZOME; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 79951814286     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.12.035     Document Type: Article

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