The successional pathway of the tree community and how it shapes the fruit-feeding butterfly community in an Afrotropical forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 12-21

  Valtonen, Anu ^a,b   Malinga, Geoffrey M ^a,c   Nyafwono, Margaret ^a,c   Nyeko, Philip ^d   Owiny, Arthur ^a   Roininen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

community composition; diversity; forest regeneration; insects; Lepidoptera; primary forest; secondary forest; species richness; Uganda; vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; BUTTERFLY; FOREST COVER; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

ACANTHUS PUBESCENS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 85006851001     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467416000560     Document Type: Article

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