Threat spots and environmental determinants of red-listed plant, butterfly and bird species in boreal agricultural environments

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3289-3305

  Kivinen, Sonja ^a   Luoto, Miska ^b   Heikkinen, Risto K ^c   Saarinen, Kimmo ^d   Ryttäri, Terhi ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Etela karjalan Allergia ja Ymparistoinstituutti   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Birds; Butterflies; Modelling; Plants; Red listed species; Species richness; Threat spots

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; PLANT COMMUNITY; RED LIST; RURAL AREA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 55149124187     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9429-x     Document Type: Article

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