Flora and lepidoptera fauna adversely affected by invasive Lupinus polyphyllus along road verges

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 389-396

  Valtonen, Anu ^a   Jantunen, Juha ^a   Saarinen, Kimmo ^a  

^a Etela karjalan Allergia ja Ymparistoinstituutti   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alternative habitat; Butterfly; Diurnal moth; Non native species; Plant species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL REFORM; ANGIOSPERM; BIOTOPE; FLORA; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODERNIZATION; ROAD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; LUPINUS POLYPHYLLUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33749078323     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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