Patch occupancy, number of individuals and population density of the Marbled White in a changing agricultural landscape

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 497-506

  Lenda, Magdalena ^a   Skórka, Piotr ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corridors; Dispersal; Isolation; Land use; Management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AUTOCORRELATION; BUTTERFLY; DISPERSAL; FALLOW; HABITAT CORRIDOR; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAND USE CHANGE; METAPOPULATION; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DENSITY; SHRUB;

POLAND;

ANIMALIA; MELANARGIA; MELANARGIA GALATHEA;

EID: 77956484701     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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