Detecting decline in a formerly widespread species: How common is the common blue butterfly Polyommatus icarus?

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 643-650

  León Cortés, Jorge L ^a,b   Cowley, Matthew J R ^a   Thomas, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE;

CELASTRINA LADON; LEPIDOPTERA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; POLYOMMATUS ICARUS;

EID: 0343986356     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00513.x     Document Type: Article

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