Fruit-feeding butterfly communities are influenced by restoration age in tropical forests

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 480-485

  Sant'Anna, Clara L B ^a   Ribeiro, Danilo B ^b   Garcia, Letícia C ^a   Freitas, André V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecological indicator; Ecological succession; High diversity forest systems; Lepidoptera; Native species plantations; Neotropical region

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FAUNA; FOREST COVER; NATIVE SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84904121169     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12091     Document Type: Article

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