Butterfly community structure and landscape composition in agricultural landscapes of the central United States

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 411-419

  Meehan, Timothy D ^a   Glassberg, Jeffrey ^b   Gratton, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b North American Butterfly Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Community structure; Landscape composition; Lepidoptera; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; RARE SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84875051434     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-012-9523-y     Document Type: Article

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