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Comprehensive Survey Of Butterflies At The Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Jordan Gesell
Comprehensive Survey Of Butterflies At The Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Jordan Gesell
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In collaboration with the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, I collected detailed information on the butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802) of the refuge. I produced a comprehensive checklist of butterflies and skippers numbering 60 species. In addition, I collected data on flight periods as well as local plant community associations. Butterfly abundance surveys were conducted to assess seasonal habitat use across six site classes. Special emphasis was placed on pine forest at various stages of management for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis). An exploratory analysis of butterfly diversity and abundance was conducted using non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS). …