Increased abundance of the red admiral butterfly Vanessa atalanta in Britain: The roles of immigration, overwintering and breeding within the country

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-81

  Pollard, E ^a   Greatorex Davies, J N ^b  

^a Springhill Farm   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterfly abundance; Migration; Monitoring; Urtica fauna; Vanessa atalanta

Indexed keywords

URTICA; VANESSA ATALANTA;

EID: 0002956926     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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