Habitat use of the endangered butterfly Euphydryas maturna and forestry in Central Europe

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-397

  Freese, A ^a   Benes, J ^b   Bolz, R ^c   Cizek, O ^b,d   Dolek, Matthias ^a   Geyer, A ^e   Gros, P ^f   Konvicka, M ^b,d   Liegl, A ^g   Stettmer, C ^h  

^a Büro Geyer und Dolek   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c University of South Bohemia ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^e Büro Geyer und Dolek   (Germany)

^f Natural Science Museum Haus der Natur   (Austria)

^g Bayerisches Landesamt für Umweltschutz   (Germany)

^h Bayerische Akademie für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Coppicing; Forest pasture; Larval ecology; Lepidoptera; Woodland management

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST; HABITAT USE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WOODLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EUPHYDRYAS MATURNA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33750191782     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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