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effect of time-since-burn on butterflies in a pine flatwoods

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Date Issued:
2001
Summary:
Several characteristics of butterfly communities were evaluated in seven pine flatwoods units that differed in time since the last prescribed burn (time-since-burn). Abundance, species richness and species diversity of common butterflies were dependent on plant diversity. These butterfly community characteristics and plant species diversity declined with time-since-burn. Atrytonopsis Manna loammii , a rare butterfly, was found during three different flight seasons in a unit that had been burned in July 1997, as well as a unit burned in February 1999, indicating that early recovery of recently burned units can provided suitable habitat for this rare species. Proper burn rotations and invertebrate surveys are recommended for the conservation of rare species.
Title: The effect of time-since-burn on butterflies in a pine flatwoods.
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Name(s): Edwards, Alana M.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Austin, Daniel F., Thesis Advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2001
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 58 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Several characteristics of butterfly communities were evaluated in seven pine flatwoods units that differed in time since the last prescribed burn (time-since-burn). Abundance, species richness and species diversity of common butterflies were dependent on plant diversity. These butterfly community characteristics and plant species diversity declined with time-since-burn. Atrytonopsis Manna loammii , a rare butterfly, was found during three different flight seasons in a unit that had been burned in July 1997, as well as a unit burned in February 1999, indicating that early recovery of recently burned units can provided suitable habitat for this rare species. Proper burn rotations and invertebrate surveys are recommended for the conservation of rare species.
Identifier: 9780493218250 (isbn), 12790 (digitool), FADT12790 (IID), fau:9667 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.
Subject(s): Prescribed burning
Butterflies
Wildlife conservation
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