Removing an exotic shrub from riparian forests increases butterfly abundance and diversity

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 674-680

  Hanula, James L ^a   Horn, Scott ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Chinese privet; Floodplain; Invasive species; Lepidoptera; Ligustrum sinense

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION; CHINESE PRIVET; FLOOD PLAINS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGUSTRUM SINENSE;

FORESTRY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BUTTERFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MULCHING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; INSECTS; LIGUSTRUM; NORTH AMERICA; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

HERMEUPTYCHIA SOSYBIUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM SINENSE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79957960061     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.04.040     Document Type: Article

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