Determinants of moth diversity and community in a temperate mountain landscape: Vegetation, topography, and seasonality

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Highland, Steven A ^a   Miller, Jeffrey C ^a   Jones, Julia A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Community variability; Diversity; Host plant; Macromoths; Rarity; Richness; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901022400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00384.1     Document Type: Article

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