Haying and grazing effects on the butterfly communities of two Mediterranean-area grasslands

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1731-1744

  D'Aniello, Biagio ^a   Stanislao, Irene ^a   Bonelli, Simona ^b   Balletto, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Grassland habitats; Insects; Land use; Lepidoptera; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CATTLE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLIGHT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HAY; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOWING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

BOS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OVIS ARIES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79958260004     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0058-4     Document Type: Article

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