Changes in conservation value from grasslands to savannas to forests: How a temperate canopy cover gradient affects butterfly community composition.

Temperate savannas and grasslands are globally threatened. In the Midwest United States of America (USA), for example, oak savannas persist today at a small percentage of recent historic coverage. Therefore, restoration of habitats of low and intermediate canopy cover is a landscape conservation pri...

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Main Authors: Ralph Grundel, Gary S Dulin, Noel B Pavlovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234139