Landscape occupancy and local population size depends on host plant distribution in the butterfly Cupido minimus

Biological Conservation

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-361

  Krauss, Jochen ^a,b   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthyllis vulneraria; Dispersal ability; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat quality; Isolation

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; GOTTINGEN; LOWER SAXONY;

ANTHYLLIS; ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA; CUPIDO MINIMUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 4143103832     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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