A mobility index for Canadian butterfly species based on naturalists' knowledge

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2273-2295

  Burke, Ryan J ^a   Fitzsimmons, Jay M ^a   Kerr, Jeremy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Expert opinion; Lepidoptera; Life history strategy; Local ecological knowledge; Movement ecology; Naturalists; Phylogenetic signal; Questionnaire; Range size

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOST PLANT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOBILITY; MOVEMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PRECISION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RANGE SIZE; RESEARCH WORK; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 79960975004     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0088-y     Document Type: Article

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