Insect extinction by urbanization: A long term study in Rome

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 370-375

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea; Coleoptera Tenebrionidae; Conservation planning; Lepidoptera; Mediterranean; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GREENSPACE; MASS EXTINCTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEOIDEA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 78751575374     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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