Butterfly species richness in the north-west Mediterranean Basin: The role of natural and human-induced factors

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 905-915

  Stefanescu, Constantí ^a,c,d   Herrando, Sergi ^b,e   Páramo, Ferran ^b,f  

^a Museu Granollers Ciencies Naturals   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Butterfly Monitoring Scheme C ^*  (Spain)

^d Min Environ of the Catalan Govt   (Spain)

^e Zoologia   (Spain)

^f ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Catalonia; Climate; Farmland; Habitat fragmentation; Mediterranean Basin; North east Spain; Range margins; Species richness; Urban development

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 2542500963     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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