Intersection reservations as habitats for meadow butterflies and diurnal moths: Guidelines for planning and management

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 201-209

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

^a Etela karjalan Allergia ja Ymparistoinstituutti   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alternative habitat; Lepidoptera; Meadow species; Road environment; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ALTERNATIVE HABITATS; LEPIDOPTERA; MEADOW SPECIES; ROAD ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOTOPE; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MOTH; MOWING; POPULATION SIZE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; POACEAE;

EID: 33846633269     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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