Contrasting trends of butterfly species preferring semi-natural grasslands, field margins and forest edges in northern Europe

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-366

  Kuussaari, Mikko ^a   Heliölä, Janne ^a   Pöyry, Juha ^a   Saarinen, Kimmo ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Etela karjalan Allergia ja Ymparistoinstituutti   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Atlas data; Change in distribution area; Indicator classification; Species trait

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BUTTERFLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND USE CHANGE; MONITORING; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DECLINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 35649013747     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9052-7     Document Type: Article

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