How accurate are single site transect data for monitoring butterfly trends? Spatial and temporal issues identified in monitoring Lasiommata megera

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-133

  Harker, Rebecca J ^a   Shreeve, Tim G ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Butterfly monitoring; Conservation; Lasiommata megera; Mark release recapture; Transectcounts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSECT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

LASIOMMATA MEGERA;

EID: 40149086996     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9068-7     Document Type: Article

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