Habitat utilisation of burnet moths (Zygaena spp.) in southern Sweden: A multi-scale and multi-stage perspective

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-193

  Sarin, Camilla ^a   Bergman, Karl Olof ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat cover; Habitat requirements; Life stages; Occurrence probability; Zygaena

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958521360     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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