Demography of a common butterfly on humid grasslands: Argynnis aglaja (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Studied by Mark-Recapture

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 715-727

  Zimmermann, Kamil ^a,b   Konvička, Martin ^a,b   Fric, Zdeněk ^a,b,c   Čihaková, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b Biology Centre CAS   (Indonesia)

^c INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Butterfly ecology; Conservation; Dispersal; Grasslands; Markrecapture; Population size; Seminatural meadows

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GRASSLAND; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; MEADOW; MOBILITY; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE;

BOHEMIA; CZECH REPUBLIC;

AGLAJA; ARGYNNIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77149168803     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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