Linear features and butterflies: The importance of green lanes

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-242

  Dover, John ^a,b   Sparks, Tim ^c   Clarke, Sue ^b   Gobbett, Kay ^b   Glossop, Sarah ^d  

^a MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Butterfly abundance; Field margins; Nectar plants; United Kingdom; Woodland

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; GREENSPACE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

INSECTA; LANES; PAPILIONOIDEA; RUBUS;

EID: 0033837430     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(00)00149-3     Document Type: Article

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