A Hollywood drama of butterfly extirpation and persistence over a century of urbanization

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 683-692

  Bonebrake, Timothy C ^a   Cooper, Daniel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Cooper Ecological Monitoring Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Habitat degradation; History; Introduced species; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOST PLANT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PARK MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84905702820     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9675-z     Document Type: Article

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