Thermal flight budget of a woodland butterfly in woodland versus agricultural landscapes: An experimental assessment

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-442

  Merckx, Thomas ^a   Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Matthysen, Erik ^a   Van Dyck, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Flight activity; Flight morphology; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape structure; Microclimate; Pararge aegeria; Thermoregulation; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 44349185641     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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