How do butterflies define ecosystems? A comparison of ecological regionalization schemes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1409-1418

  Andrew, Margaret E ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity surrogates; Conservation planning; Environmental domain classification; MODIS; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FILTER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LAND COVER; MODIS; REGIONALIZATION; RESOLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79956196818     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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