The impact of urban development on butterflies within a city region

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1261-1279

  Hardy, Peter B ^a   Dennis, Roger L H ^a,b  

^a Manchester University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conurbations; Dispersal; Distributions; Habitat use; Lepidoptera; Metapopulations; Resource patches; Species' richness; Urban areas; Vagrants

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CELASTRINA ARGIOLUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0032851003     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008984905413     Document Type: Article

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