Predicted insect diversity declines under climate change in an already impoverished region

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 485-498

  Maes, Dirk ^a   Titeux, Nicolas ^b,c   Hortal, Joaquín ^d   Anselin, Anny ^a   Decleer, Kris ^a   de Knijf, Geert ^a   Fichefet, Violaine ^e   Luoto, Miska ^f  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e FSC laboratory   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Belgium; Butterflies; Dragonflies; Grasshoppers; Species distribution modelling; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRAGONFLY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GRASSHOPPER; MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BELGIUM;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77956279971     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9277-3     Document Type: Article

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