Recent trends in butterfly populations from north-east Spain and Andorra in the light of habitat and climate change

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-93

  Stefanescu, C ^a   Torre, Ignasi ^a   Jubany, Jordi ^a   Páramo, Ferran ^a  

^a Butterfl y Monitoring Scheme Museu Granollers Ciències Naturals   (Spain)

Author keywords

Butterfly monitoring; Climatic warming; Habitat indicators; Land use changes; Mediterranean basin; Population trends

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FAUNA; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANDORRA; SPAIN;

EID: 79951550966     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9325-z     Document Type: Article

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