A new look at the changing distributions of British butterflies: Different analysis, same results

Entomologist's Gazette

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-234

  Fox, Richard ^a   Roy, David B ^b   Dennis, Roger L H ^b,c   Asher, Jim ^a  

^a BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlas; Butterfly recording; Distribution; Lepidoptera; Relative change index; Sub sampling

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 78449282707     PISSN: 00138894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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