Ecological correlates of distribution change and range shift in butterflies

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-246

  Mattila, Niina ^a   Kaitala, Veijo ^b   Komonen, Atte ^a   Päivinen, Jussi ^c   Kotiaho, Janne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation biology; Distribution decline; Lepidoptera; Range expansion; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054081854     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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