Variation in capture height and trap persistence among three Costa Rican understorey butterfly species

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 585-589

  Alexander, Laura G ^a   DeVries, Philip J ^a  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Cithaerias pireta; Dulcedo polita; Haeterini; mark recapture; Nymphalidae; Pierella helvina; Population biology; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; HEIGHT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

COSTA RICA;

CITHAERIAS; HAETERINI; HEXAPODA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84870040293     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467412000533     Document Type: Article

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