Endemism in Sardinia: Evolution, ecology, and conservation in the butterfly Maniola nurag

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I. Introduction

Part 1 DIVERSITY

II. Endemism in Sardinia

III. Butterfly, spider, and plant communities in different land-use types in Sardinia, Italy

Part 2 CONSERVATION

IV. Applying the IUCN threat categories to island endemics: Sardinian butterflies (Italy)

V. Conservation in Mediterranean nature reserves: Conservation parameters of the endemic Sardinian butterfly

Part 3 ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

VI. The evolutionary perspective of ecological differences: the endemic Maniola nurag and the widespread Maniola jurtina

VII. Genetic differentiation in the island endemic Maniola nurag and the widespread Maniola jurtina

Part 4 MORPHOLOGY

VIII. The shape of endemics: Notes on male and female genitalia in the genus Maniola

IX. An aberration in the female genitalia of Maniola jurtina

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