Landscape variables impact the structure and composition of butterfly assemblages along an urbanization gradient

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-94

  Bergerot, Benjamin ^a   Fontaine, Benoit ^a   Julliard, Romain ^a   Baguette, Michel ^b,c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b MNHN   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Community; Human pressure; Landscape structure; Urban development

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MEADOW; PARK DESIGN; POPULATION PRESSURE; RURAL AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE;

COENONYMPHA PAMPHILUS; INACHIS IO; JUNONIA COENIA; MANIOLA JURTINA; PAPILIO MACHAON; PAPILIONOIDEA; PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 78651302174     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9537-3     Document Type: Article

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