How to increase the value of urban areas for butterfly conservation? A lesson from Prague nature reserves and parks

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-229

  Konvicka, Martin ^a,b   Kadlec, Tomas ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Habitat fragments; Insect conservation; Lepidoptera; Reserves; Urbanisation; Zygaenidae

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOTH; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE RESERVE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBANIZATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; TRACHEOPHYTA; ZYGAENIDAE;

EID: 79953128941     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2011.030     Document Type: Article

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