Effects of temperature and elevation on habitat use by a rare mountain butterfly: Implications for species responses to climate change

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-446

  Ashton, Sarah ^a   GutiÉrrez, David ^b   Wilson, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation; Habitat heterogeneity; Host plant; Microhabitat; Parnassius apollo; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; HOST PLANT; LARVA; MICROHABITAT; PHENOLOGY; RARE SPECIES; SHRUB; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CRASSULACEAE; HEXAPODA; PARNASSIUS APOLLO; SEDUM;

EID: 67651204925     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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