Butterflies and diurnal moths along road verges: Does road type affect diversity and abundance?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-412

  Saarinen, Kimmo ^a   Valtonen, Anu ^a   Jantunen, Juha ^a   Saarnio, Sanna ^b  

^a Etela karjalan Allergia ja Ymparistoinstituutti   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Meadow species; Mowing; Roadside management; Verge habitat

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MOTH; MOWING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 15944413475     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.12.012     Document Type: Article

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