Microclimatic buffering and resource-based habitat in a glacial relict butterfly: Significance for conservation under climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1883-1893

  Turlure, Camille ^a   Choutt, Julie ^a   Baguette, Michel ^b   Van Dyck, Hans ^a  

^a EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Boloria aquilonaris; Ecological niche; Thermal refuge; Thermoregulation behaviour

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; MICROCLIMATE; PEATLAND; SUCCESSION; THERMOREGULATION;

BOLORIA AQUILONARIS; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77953677935     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02133.x     Document Type: Article

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