Beyond climate envelopes: Effects of weather on regional population trends in butterflies

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 559-571

  WallisDeVries, Michiel F ^a,b   Baxter, Wendy ^a,b,c   van Vliet, Arnold J H ^b  

^a DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic models; Butterflies; Climate change; Life history; Population trends

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ACQUISITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RANGE SIZE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EUROPE;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 80052656343     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2007-z     Document Type: Article

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