Functional conservation units for the endangered Alcon Blue butterfly Maculinea alcon in Belgium (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-241

  Maes, Dirk ^a   Vanreusel, Wouter ^b   Talloen, Willem ^b   Van Dyck, Hans ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Butterflies; Functional conservation units; Maculinea alcon; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; MOBILITY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA ALCON; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 3543070586     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.02.018     Document Type: Article

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