Assessment of indicator species of butterfly assemblages in coffee-banana farming system in central Uganda

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-89

  Munyuli, Théodore ^a,b  

^a CRSN Lwiro   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b BUSITEMA UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Butterfly assemblages; Central Uganda; Coffee banana agroforests; Indicator species; Lepidoptera pollination services conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; BUTTERFLY; COFFEE; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FRUIT; NECTAR; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REFUGIUM; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UGANDA;

ACRAEA; ACRAEA ACERATA; BICYCLUS; CATOPSILIA; CISSUS; EUREMA; EUREMA HECABE; JUNONIA; JUNONIA SOPHIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; YPTHIMA; ZIZEERIA;

EID: 84855334386     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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