Mobility is related to species traits in noctuid moths

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-376

  Betzholtz, Per Eric ^a   Franzen, Markus ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult activity period; Distribution; Host plant specificity; Island; Lepidoptera; Light trap; Noctuidae; Predictive conservation science; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION RISK; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST PLANT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MOBILITY; MOTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; SWEDEN;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 79955668920     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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