Spatial synchrony and asynchrony in butterfly population dynamics

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-95

  Sutcliffe, Odette L ^a,b,c   Thomas, Chris D ^a   Moss, Dorian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterfly Monitoring Scheme; Dispersal; Environmental heterogeneity; Metapopulation; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL SCALE;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0029773825     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5702     Document Type: Article

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