Conservation headlands: Effects on butterfly distribution and behaviour

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-49

  Dover, John W ^a,b  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Butterflies; Conservation headlands; Corridors; Field margins; Hedgerows; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION HEADLAND; FIELD MARGIN; HEDGEROW; PESTICIDE;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0030613228     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01120-6     Document Type: Article

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