The Large Blue butterfly, Phengaris [Maculinea] arion, as a conservation umbrella on a landscape scale: The case of the Czech Carpathians

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1056-1063

  Spitzer, L ^a,b   Benes, J ^c   Dandova, J ^d   Jaskova, V ^e   Konvicka, M ^b,c  

^a Vsetin Regional Museum   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Grazing; Habitat Directive; Indicator species; Mountain farming; Sheep; Traditional management

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION; GRAZING; HABITAT DIRECTIVE; INDICATOR SPECIES; MOUNTAIN FARMING; SHEEP; TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OCEAN HABITATS; WOOL;

ECOLOGY;

BUTTERFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUROPEAN UNION; GRAZING; LAND USE; REGULATORY APPROACH; SHEEP; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ARION; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA ARION; OVIS ARIES; PHENGARIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 67349109853     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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