Changes in the composition of British butterfly assemblages over two decades

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1464-1474

  González Megías, Adela ^a   Menéndez, Rosa ^b   Roy, David ^c   Brereton, Tom ^d   Thomas, Chris D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Assemblage; Climate change; Distribution; Extinction; Lepidoptera; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 44849092604     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01592.x     Document Type: Article

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