Effects of climatic change on the phenology of butterflies in the northwest Mediterranean Basin

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1494-1506

  Stefanescu, Constantí ^a   Penuelas, Josep ^b   Filella, Iolanda ^b  

^a Museu de Granollers Ciencies Naturals   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Climate change; Flight period; Monitoring; NW Mediterranean Basin; Phenology

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMERGENCE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MONITORING; PHENOLOGY;

SPAIN;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0242307079     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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