Heterogeneous landscapes promote population stability

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-484

  Oliver, Tom ^a   Roy, David B ^a   Hill, Jane K ^b   Brereton, Tom ^c   Thomas, Chris D ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic extremes; Coefficient of variation; Environmental diversity; Habitat management; Landscape ecology; Microclimatic variability; Specialist species

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE VARIATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77951705287     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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