Conservation biogeography of large Mediterranean islands. Butterfly impoverishment, conservation priorities and inferences for an ecologica "island paradigm"

Ecography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-179

  Dapporto, Leonardo ^a   Dennis, Roger L H ^b,c  

^a Istituto Comprensivo Materna Elementare Media Convenevole da Prato   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BUTTERFLY; COLONIZATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; IMMIGRATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CINDERELLA;

EID: 63849331043     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2008.05600.x     Document Type: Article

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