Dispersal, colonization power and metapopulation structure in the vulnerable butterfly Proclossiana eunomia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-22

  Nève, Gabriel ^a   Barascud, Bernard ^b   Hughes, Rosemary ^c   Aubert, Josiane ^b   Descimon, Henri ^b   Lebrun, Philippe ^a   Baguette, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Habitat patchiness; Introduction

Indexed keywords

PROCLOSSIANA EUNOMIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; INTRODUCED BUTTERFLY; METAPOPULATION;

BELGIUM, ARDENNES; EUROPE, PYRENEES; FRANCE, MORVAN;

EID: 0029668123     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405011     Document Type: Article

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