Regional hotspots of butterfly diversity in a protected area: Are they indicators of unique assemblages and areas with more species of conservation concern?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-311

  Gutiérrez, David ^a   Menéndez, Rosa ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Constrained ordination; Lepidoptera; Rarity; Species density; Species of European Conservation Concern; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ELEVATION; HOT SPOT; PROTECTED AREA; RARITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANTABRIA; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PICOS DE EUROPA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GENISTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 36249017941     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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