Community Structure of Skipper Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) along Elevational Gradients in Brazilian Atlantic Forest Reflects Vegetation Type Rather than Altitude

Eduardo Carneiro; Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke; Mirna Martins Casagrande; Konrad Fiedler

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108207

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Community Structure of Skipper Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) along Elevational Gradients in Brazilian Atlantic Forest Reflects Vegetation Type Rather than Altitude

Eduardo Carneiro ,

* E-mail: carneiroeduardo@hotmail.com

Affiliation Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Zoology Department, UFPR. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
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Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke,

Affiliation Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Zoology Department, UFPR. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
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Mirna Martins Casagrande,

Affiliation Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Zoology Department, UFPR. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
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Konrad Fiedler

Affiliation Division of Tropical Ecology & Animal Biodiversity, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Community Structure of Skipper Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) along Elevational Gradients in Brazilian Atlantic Forest Reflects Vegetation Type Rather than Altitude

Eduardo Carneiro,
Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke,
Mirna Martins Casagrande,
Konrad Fiedler

Published: October 1, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108207

About the Authors

Eduardo Carneiro

* E-mail: carneiroeduardo@hotmail.com

Affiliation Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Zoology Department, UFPR. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke

Affiliation Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Zoology Department, UFPR. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

Mirna Martins Casagrande

Affiliation Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Zoology Department, UFPR. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

Konrad Fiedler

Affiliation Division of Tropical Ecology & Animal Biodiversity, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC OHHM MMC KF. Performed the experiments: EC. Analyzed the data: EC KF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EC OHHM MMC KF. Wrote the paper: EC OHHM MMC KF.

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