Food plant density, patch isolation and vegetation height determine occurrence in a Swedish metapopulation of the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-350

  Betzholtz, Per Eric ^a   Ehrig, A ^b   Lindeborg, M ^b   Dinnetz P ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic island land; Calcareous moist grassland; Conservation; Habitat quality

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; ISOLATION EFFECT; METAPOPULATION; PATCH USE; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

BALTIC REGION; EURASIA; EUROPE; KALMAR [SWEDEN]; NORTHERN EUROPE; OLAND; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EUPHYDRYAS AURINIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 35648933950     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9048-3     Document Type: Article

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