Dispersal distances of 17 species of butterflies in tropical Singapore were significantly greater in forest than in urban habitat. Butterflies in urban plots frequently moved within suitable habitat (park/grassland) patches but rarely crossed non-habitat patches suggesting potential isolation and a need for urban corridors.
K E Y W O R D Sconnectivity, fragmentation, landscape ecology, mark-recapture, urban ecology
S U PP O RTI N G I N FO R M ATI O NAdditional supporting information may be found online in the Supporting Information section.How to cite this article: Jain A, Chan SKM, Vlasanek P, Webb EL. Impacts of habitat on butterfly dispersal in tropical forests, parks and grassland patches embedded in an urban landscape.Biotropica. 2020;52:404-409. https ://doi.