Indirect evidence for an extinction debt of grassland butterflies half century after habitat loss

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1405-1413

  Sang, Anu ^a   Teder, Tiit ^a   Helm, Aveliina ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Calcareous grassland; Extinction debt; Habitat loss; Species richness; Time lag

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT LOSS; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954814804     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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