Landscape scale conservation: Resources, behaviour, the matrix and opportunities

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-188

  Shreeve, T G ^a   Dennis, R L H ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour and conservation; Butterfly conservation; Landscape scale conservation; Mobility; Resources; Space time heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; METAPOPULATION; MODELING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 79951553477     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9336-9     Document Type: Article

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