Tracking the decline of the once-common butterfly: Delayed oviposition, demography and population genetics in the hermit Chazara briseis

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-183

  Kadlec, T ^a   Vrba, P ^b   Kepka, P ^b   Schmitt, T ^c   Konvicka, M ^b,d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Lepidoptera; Mark recapture; Metapopulation; Minimum viable population; Reproductive effort; Satyrinae

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ELECTROKINESIS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING;

CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN EUROPE;

CHAZARA BRISEIS; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SATYRINAE;

EID: 77952728981     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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