Habitat preference and mobility of Polia bombycina: Are non-tailored agri-environment schemes any good for a rare and localised species?

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 499-510

  Merckx, Thomas ^a   Feber, Ruth E ^a   Parsons, Mark S ^b   Bourn, Nigel A D ^b   Townsend, Martin C ^a   Riordan, Philip ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural biodiversity; BAP species; Field margins; Hedgerow trees; Moths; Resource based habitat concept; Shelter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; HEDGEROW; MOBILITY; MOTH; SHELTER;

INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; POLIA;

EID: 77956272137     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9279-1     Document Type: Article

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