Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change

Nature

Volumn 414, Issue 6859, 2001, Pages 65-69

  Warren, M S ^a   Hill, J K ^b,c   Thomas, J A ^d   Asher, J ^a   Fox, R ^a   Huntley, B ^c   Roy, D B ^d   Telfer, M G ^d   Jeffcoate, S ^a   Harding, P ^d   Jeffcoate, G ^a   Willis, S G ^c   Greatorex Davies, J N ^d   Moss, D ^d   Thomas, C D ^e  

^a BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

HABITATS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035499806     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35102054     Document Type: Article

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