The state of the Dutch larger moth fauna

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-101

  Groenendijk, D ^a   Ellis, W N ^b  

^a DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abundance; Climate effect; Insectivorous birds; Lepidoptera; Numerical decline; Performance; Phytophagous insects; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FAUNA; MOTH; POPULATION DECLINE;

NETHERLANDS;

AVES; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 79951552277     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9326-y     Document Type: Article

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