Demography of adults of the Marsh fritillary butterfly, Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Czech Republic: Patterns across sites and seasons

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-254

  Zimmermann, Kamil ^a,b   Blazkova, Pavla ^a   Cizek, Oldrich ^a,c   Fric, Zdenek ^a,b   Hula, Vladimir ^d   Kepka, Pavel ^a,b   Novotny, David ^a,b   Slamova, Irena ^a,b   Konvicka, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Hutur ops   (Czech Republic)

^d MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Butterfly conservation; Demography; Density dependence; Euphydryas aurinia; Grasslands; Lepidoptera; Local dynamics; Marsh fritillary; Metapopulation; Nymphalidae

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EUPHYDRYAS AURINIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 79953140194     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2011.033     Document Type: Article

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