Vacant niche in alpine habitat: The case of an introduced population of the butterfly Erebia epiphron in the Krkonoše Mountains

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-23

  Cizek, Oldrich ^a   Bakesová, Andrea ^a   Kuras, Tomas ^a   Benes, Jiri ^b   Konvicka, Martin ^b,c  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Altitude; Community saturation; Habitat partitioning; Insect invasions; Mountain environments; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INSECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING;

CZECHOSLOVAKIA;

EREBIA EPIPHRON; EREBIA EURYALE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PINUS MUGO; SATYRINAE;

EID: 0037364971     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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