Functional composition and phenology of fruit-feeding butterflies in a fragmented landscape: Variation of seasonality between habitat specialists

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 547-560

  Brito, Mariana M ^a   Ribeiro, Danilo B ^b   Raniero, Mariana ^a   Hasui, Érica ^a   Ramos, Flávio N ^a   Arab, Alberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Butterfly assemblages; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905711797     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9650-8     Document Type: Article

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