Field studies on flooding and survival of overwintering large heath butterfly Coenonympha tullia larvae on Fenn's and Whixall mosses in Shropshire and Wrexham, U.K.

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 426-431X

  Joy, J ^b   Pullin, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conservation; Lepidoptera; Peatland rehabilitation; Submergence

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FLOOD; HABITAT RESTORATION; OVERWINTERING; PEATLAND; SURVIVAL;

ENGLAND(SHROPSHIRE); FENN'S MOSS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES(CLWYD); WHIXALL MOSS;

BRYOPHYTA; COENONYMPHA TULLIA; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; SATYRIDAE; SPHAGNUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032747135     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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