Untangling the effects of fire, grazing, and land-use legacies on grassland butterfly communities

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2719-2746

  Moranz, Raymond A ^a   Debinski, Diane M ^a   McGranahan, Devan A ^b   Engle, David M ^c   Miller, James R ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Grazing; Habitat management; Invasive species; Prairie; Prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; GENERALIST; GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LINE TRANSECT; PASTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; BOS; CERCYONIS PEGALA; CUPIDO; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SPEYERIA IDALIA;

EID: 84866064722     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0330-2     Document Type: Article

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