Fruit-feeding butterflies in edge-dominated habitats: community structure, species persistence and cascade effect

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 539-548

  Filgueiras, Bruno K C ^a   Melo, Douglas H A ^a   Leal, Inara R ^a   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a   Freitas, André Victor L ^b   Iannuzzi, Luciana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Edge affected habitats; Fragmentation; Nymphalidae; Pioneer trees

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST EDGE; FRAGMENTATION; PIONEER SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

ANIMALIA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 84975168877     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: 15729753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-016-9888-4     Document Type: Article

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