Probability of site occupancy in the large heath butterfly Coenonympha tullia determined from geographical and ecological data

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-301

  Dennis, Roger L H ^a   Eales, Harry T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Low Westwood Derwentside Co   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Habitat quality; Lepidoptera; Metapopulations; Mires; Mosses; Satyrinae

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PREDICTION; SITE SELECTION;

COENONYMPHA TULLIA; LEPIDOPTERA; SATYRIDAE;

EID: 0344835838     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00080-9     Document Type: Article

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