Global warming and excess nitrogen may induce butterfly decline by microclimatic cooling

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1620-1626

  WallisDeVries, Michiel F ^a   van Swaay, Chris A M ^a  

^a DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Butterflies; Climate change; Habitat quality; Microclimate; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT QUALITY; MICROCLIMATE; NITROGEN;

INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33747793031     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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