Phenology of British butterflies and climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 407-416

  Roy, D B ^a   Sparks, T H ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Climate change; Emergence; Flight period; Monitoring; Phenology

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMERGENCE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; PHENOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034036730     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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