Early succession of butterfly and plant communities on set-aside fields

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 294-302

  Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Community structure; Life history features; Set aside; Succession

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY COMMUNITY; SET-ASIDE; SUCCESSION;

GERMANY;

ISSORIA LATHONIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIO MACHAON; PAPILIONIDAE;

EID: 0030617452     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050087     Document Type: Article

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