Mapping the potential extinction debt of butterflies in a modern city: Implications for conservation priorities in urban landscapes

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Soga, M ^a   Koike, S ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Area relationship; Butterfly assemblages; Extinction debt; Habitat fragmentation; Living dead; Species; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; EXTINCTION; FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84873095832     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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