Butterfly extinctions in European states: Do socioeconomic conditions matter more than physical geography?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-92

  Konvicka, Martin ^a   Fric, Zdenek ^a,b   Benes, Jiri ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Distribution; Economic history; Europe; Extinction rates; Geography

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EXTINCTION; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33644809497     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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