Metapopulation dynamics of the bog fritillary butterfly: Comparison of demographic parameters and dispersal between a continuous and a highly fragmented landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-291

  Mennechez, Gwénaëlle ^a   Schtickzelle, Nicolas ^a   Baguette, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capture Mark Recapture; Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Patch size; Specialist butterfly

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BOLORIA EUNOMIA; FRITILLARIA (ANGIOSPERM); LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0038824580     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024448829417     Document Type: Article

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