Exploring the implications of recreational disturbance on an endangered butterfly using a novel modelling approach

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1783-1798

  Bennett, Victoria J ^a,c   Quinn, Vanessa S ^b   Zollner, Patrick A ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Host plant choice; Lycaeides melissa samuelis; Oviposition; Recreation; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; HOST PLANT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OVIPOSITION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

LYCAEIDES MELISSA SAMUELIS; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84880063446     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0512-6     Document Type: Article

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