What can sown wildflower strips contribute to butterfly conservation?: An example from a Swiss lowland agricultural landscape

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 301-309

  Haaland, Christine ^a   Bersier, Louis Félix ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Flower visits; Grassland management; Larval food plant; Larval habitat; Regional species pool; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; FLOWER VISITING; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MEADOW; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SWITZERLAND;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORIGANUM; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79951522906     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9353-8     Document Type: Article

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