Dispersal kernels of butterflies: Power-law functions are invariant to marking frequency

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-386

  Fric, Zdenek ^a,b   Konvicka, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Butterfly dispersal; Checkerspots; Conservation; Euphydryas aurinia; Euphydryas maturna; Fractals; Metapopulation; Power law; Scale invariance; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUPHYDRYAS AURINIA; EUPHYDRYAS MATURNA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARNASSIUS MNEMOSYNE;

EID: 34249810360     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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