Relative contributions of local and regional factors to species richness and total density of butterflies and moths in semi-natural grasslands

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 577-587

  Pöyry, Juha ^a   Paukkunen, Juho ^a   Heliölä, Janne ^a   Kuussaari, Mikko ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Habitat connectivity; Local habitat quality; Metapopulation; Partitioning methods; Patch area

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONNECTIVITY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METAPOPULATION; MOTH; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; MOTHS; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 67349100111     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1328-7     Document Type: Article

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