Can hay harvesting detrimentally affect adult butterfly abundance?

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-418

  Dover, J W ^a   Rescia, A ^b   Fungarino S ^b   Fairburn, J ^a   Carey, P ^c   Lunt, P ^a,d   Dennis, R L H ^a,c   Dover, C J ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Butterfly; Cutting; Grassland; Harvesting; Hay; Mowing; Spain

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; HARVESTING; HAY; LINE TRANSECT; MEADOW; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; MOWING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CANTABRIA; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; PICOS DE EUROPA; SPAIN;

LYCAENIDAE; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 77954213590     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9267-5     Document Type: Article

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