Diversity and community structure of butterfly of Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-207

  Rajagopal, T ^a   Sekar, M ^b   Manimozhi, A ^b   Baskar, N ^b   Archunan, G ^c  

^a AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Tamil Nadu Forest Department   (India)

^c BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Butterfly diversity; Zoo visitors; Zoological park

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

ANNA; DANAINAE; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONIDAE; PIERIDAE;

EID: 79956299545     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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