Importance of boreal grasslands in Sweden for butterfly diversity and effects of local and landscape habitat factors

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-153

  Bergman, Karl Olof ^a   Ask, Lena ^a   Askling, John ^b   Ignell, Håkan ^b   Wahlman, Henrik ^b   Milberg, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CALLUNA AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal landscapes; Butterflies; Conservation; Habitat quality; Matrix

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; HERB; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 38149025423     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9235-x     Document Type: Article

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