When functional habitat does not match vegetation types: A resource-based approach to map butterfly habitat

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-211

  Vanreusel, Wouter ^a,b   Van Dyck, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Habitat zones; Heathland; Resource ecology

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; HEATHLAND; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARASCHNIA LEVANA; CALLOPHRYS RUBI; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; THECLINAE;

EID: 33845486714     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.035     Document Type: Article

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