The role of power line rights-of-way as an alternative habitat for declined mire butterflies

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2539-2546

  Lensu, Terhi ^a   Komonen, Atte ^a   Hiltula, Outi ^a   Päivinen, Jussi ^b   Saari, Veli ^a   Kotiaho, Janne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Etelä Suomen luontopalvelut   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Mires; ROW; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

CONTROL SITES; HABITAT LOSS; LEPIDOPTERA; MIRE; POWER LINES; RIGHT OF WAY; RIGHTS-OF-WAY; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

VEGETATION;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MICROCLIMATE; MIRE; OPEN SPACE; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CANOPY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; RIGHTS OF WAY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

FINLAND;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79960847913     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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