Assessing national conservation priorities: An improved red list of British butterflies

Biological Conservation

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-328

  Warren, Martin S ^a   Barnett, Linda K ^a   Gibbons, David W ^b   Avery, Mark I ^b  

^a BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Butterflies; Conservation; Red Lists

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION PRIORITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; RED LIST;

UK;

ANIMALIA; IBIS; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0030886243     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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