Declines in common, widespread butterflies in a landscape under intense human use

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 957-965

  Van Dyck, Hans ^a   Van Strien, Arco J ^b   Maes, Dirk ^c   Van Swaay, Chris A M ^d  

^a EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abundancia de especies; Biodiversidad; Distribuci n de especies; Especialista de h bitat; Generalista de h bitat; Mariposas; Riqueza de especies; Uso intensivo de suelo

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; RARE SPECIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

GONEPTERYX RHAMNI; INACHIS IO; LASIOMMATA MEGERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; THYMELICUS LINEOLA;

EID: 67650462261     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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