Decline of Hesperia ottoe (lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in northern tallgrass prairie preserves

Insects

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 663-682

  Swengel, Ann B ^a   Swengel, Scott R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; Butterfly conservation; Butterfly declines; Fire management; Grazing; Hesperia ottoe; Prairie management; Specialist butterflies

Indexed keywords

HESPERIA OTTOE; HESPERIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84888152292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects4040663     Document Type: Article

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