Diversity of butterflies on British islands: Ecological influences underlying the roles of area, isolation and the size of the faunal source

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-275

  Dennis, Roger L H ^a   Shreeve, Tim G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

colonization; extinction; island biogeography; Lepidoptera; migration

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0030897427     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0099     Document Type: Article

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