Making sense of a prairie butterfly paradox: The effects of grazing, time since fire, and sampling period on regal fritillary abundance

Biological Conservation

Volumn 173, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-41

  Moranz, Raymond A ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Engle, David M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Grasslands; Grazing; Nectar source; Prescribed burning; Pyric herbivory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BUTTERFLY; CATTLE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; FIRE HISTORY; FLOWERING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; NECTAR; PASTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RECOLONIZATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SAMPLING; TRANSECT;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897489869     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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