Climate and habitat availability determine 20th century changes in a butterfly's range margin

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1425, 1999, Pages 1197-1206

  Hill, Jane K ^a   Thomas, Chris D ^b   Huntley, Brian ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Habitat fragmentation; Metapopulation; Pararge aegeria

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PARARGE AEGERIA; SATYRIDAE;

EID: 0033594877     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0763     Document Type: Article

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