Ecological determinants of distribution decline and risk of extinction in moths

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1161-1168

  Mattila, Niina ^a   Kaitala, Veijo ^b   Komonen, Atte ^c   Kotiaho, Janne S ^a   Päivinen, Jussi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

Extinction proneness; Lepidoptera; Life history characters; Noctuidae; Predictive conservation science; Range size

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; MOTH; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LARVA; MOTHS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 33746357583     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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