Grassy field margins as potential corridors for butterflies in agricultural landscapes: A simulation study

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 370-377

  Delattre, Thomas ^a   Pichancourt, Jean Baptiste ^a   Burel, Francoise ^a   Kindlmann, Pavel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Cross compliance measures; Dispersal; Grassland; Maniola jurtina; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DISPERSAL KERNEL; DISPERSAL RATES; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; EUROPEAN UNION; FIELD MARGINS; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT PATCHES; INSECT POPULATION; LANDSCAPE SCALE; METAPOPULATIONS; OPTIMAL COMBINATION; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION RESULT; SIMULATION STUDIES;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

SIMULATORS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BUTTERFLY; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MEADOW; METAPOPULATION; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

HEXAPODA; MANIOLA JURTINA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 70549091255     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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