Demography, dispersal and movement pattern of Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at the Iberian Peninsula: An alarming example in an increasingly fragmented landscape?

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-246

  Junker, Marius ^a   Schmitt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Habitat Directive; Habitat fragmentation; Mark release recapture; Mediterranean biota; Movement behaviour; Portugal

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; MOBILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALGARVE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EUPHYDRYAS AURINIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77954089624     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-009-9250-1     Document Type: Article

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