Tree community composition and vegetation structure predict butterfly community recovery in a restored Afrotropical rain forest

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1473-1485

  Nyafwono, Margaret ^a   Valtonen, Anu ^a   Nyeko, Philip ^b   Owiny, Arthur Arnold ^a   Roininen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest clearing; Insect; Kibale; Lepidoptera; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; FOREST CLEARANCE; HABITAT RESTORATION; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION; TREE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM;

EID: 84930539530     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0870-3     Document Type: Article

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