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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2015.33.1.053

Pattern of Change of the Local Butterfly Community in a Rural Area of Southwestern Part of Korea  

Choi, Sei-Woong (Department of Environmental Education, Mokpo National University)
An, Jeong-Seop (Division of Climate and Ecology, National Institute of Ecology)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.33, no.1, 2015 , pp. 53-62 More about this Journal
Abstract
We surveyed butterfly community in a rural area of the southwestern part of Korea to investigate the changes of species composition and their abundances between 2001~2002 and 2014. The butterfly survey was conducted at the same site using a line transect method. There was a significant decrease of the numbers of species and individuals between 2001~2002 and 2014. We categorized each species based on six ecological traits: habitat type, habitat breadth, food plant type, food plant breadth, number of generation per year and overwintering stage. The comparison of number of species using these ecological traits showed no difference during the 10-yr time intervals. However, the comparison of number of individuals for the ecological traits showed the significant differences except for one trait, overwintering stage. We could suspect that the decrease of butterflies in the study area was resulted from the habitat change. To investigate the causal factors and the changes of butterfly fauna, we need a long-term monitoring of the local butterfly community.
Keywords
butterfly; rural ecosystem; landscape; land use change; life history; climate change;
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