Large-scale patterns of distribution and persistence at the range margins of a butterfly

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3357-3368

  Wilson, R J ^a   Ellis, S ^a,b   Baker, J S ^a   Lineham, M E ^a   Whitehead, R W ^a,c   Thomas, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Haulfryn   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aricia agestis; Aricia artaxerxes; Connectivity; Conservation; Fragmentation; Habitat networks; Metapopulations

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; PERSISTENCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ARICIA AGESTIS; ARICIA ARTAXERXES; HELIANTHEMUM; HELIANTHEMUM CHAMAECISTUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE;

EID: 0038225706     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3357:LSPODA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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