On the surrogate value of red-listed butterflies for butterflies and grasshoppers: A case study in Grammos site of Natura 2000, Greece

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 505-514

  Zografou, Konstantina ^a   Sfenthourakis, Spyros ^b   Pullin, Andrew ^c   Kati, Vassiliki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c School of the Environment and Natural Resources   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Conservation; Indicators; Lepidoptera; Mountain biodiversity; Orthoptera; Protected area

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; COMPLEMENTARITY; GRASSHOPPER; PROTECTED AREA; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURROGATE METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 69249235861     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9198-6     Document Type: Article

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