Limestone Quarries as Refuges for European Xerophilous Butterflies

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1058-1069

  Beneš, Jiří ^a   Kepka, Pavel ^a   Konvička, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LIMESTONE; QUARRY; REFUGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAVIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0141736548     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02092.x     Document Type: Article

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