Flying between sky islands: the effect of naturally fragmented habitat on butterfly population structure.

High elevation montane areas are called "sky islands" when they occur as a series of high mountains separated by lowland valleys. Different climatic conditions at high elevations makes sky islands a specialized type of habitat, rendering them naturally fragmented compared to more continuou...

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Main Authors: Sandhya Sekar, Praveen Karanth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3731288?pdf=render