The effect of forest ski-pistes on butterfly assemblages in the Alps

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 212-222

  Rolando, Antonio ^a   Negro, Matteo ^a   D'Entrèves, Pietro P ^a   Balletto, Emilio ^a   Palestrini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

IndVal; Lepidoptera; Multivariate regression trees; Natural reforestation; R nyi diversity profile; Rhopalocera; Ski runs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878204216     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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