Dynamics in a butterfly-plant-ant system: Influence of habitat characteristics on turnover rates of the endangered lycaenid Maculinea alcon

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 536-543

  Habel, Jan Christian ^a,b   Schmitt, Thomas ^c   Härdtle, Werner ^a   Lütkepohl, Manfred ^d   Assmann, Thorsten ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b MUSÉE NATIONAL D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d Naturpark Stechlin Ruppiner Land ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectedness; Habitat structure; Isolation; Metapopulation; Patch size; Small scale disturbances

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BUTTERFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ISOLATED POPULATION; METAPOPULATION; MYRMECOPHILY; PATCH SIZE; RECOLONIZATION; TURNOVER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

GENTIANA; GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA ALCON; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 34848817751     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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