Grazing management impacts on the viability of the threatened bog fritillary butterfly Proclossiana eunomia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 651-660

  Schtickzelle, Nicolas ^a   Turlure, Camille ^a   Baguette, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Grassland management; Lepidoptera; Livestock grazing; Metapopulation viability; Nature reserve management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; METAPOPULATION; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

BOLORIA EUNOMIA; BOS; LEPIDOPTERA; PROCLOSSIANA EUNOMIA;

EID: 33947317458     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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