Reduced-effort schemes for monitoring butterfly populations

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 993-1000

  Roy, D B ^a   Rothery, P ^a   Brereton, T ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Indicators; Lepidoptera; Log linear model; Statistical power; UK butterfly monitoring scheme; Wider countryside

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 34548382740     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01340.x     Document Type: Article

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