Climatic warming increases voltinism in european butterflies and moths

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1685, 2010, Pages 1281-1287

  Altermatt, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Generation; Lepidoptera; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MOTH; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLTINISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 77951478132     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1910     Document Type: Article

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