Grassland butterfly fauna under traditional animal husbandry: Contrasts in diversity in mown meadows and grazed pastures

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3201-3213

  Saarinen, Kimmo ^a   Jantunen, Juha ^a  

^a Etela karjalan Allergia ja Ymparistoinstituutti   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Butterflies; Grazing; Mowing; Semi natural grasslands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BUTTERFLY; GRAZING; LAND USE; MOWING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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

ANIMALIA; APHANTOPUS HYPERANTUS; OCHLODES; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIS NAPI; POLYOMMATUS AMANDUS; THYMELICUS LINEOLA;

EID: 27744531204     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-0387-7     Document Type: Article

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