The landscape matrix modifies the effect of habitat fragmentation in grassland butterflies

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-131

  Öckinger, Erik ^a   Bergman, Karl Olof ^b   Franzén, Markus ^c   Kadlec, T ^d,e   Krauss, Jochen ^f   Kuussaari, Mikko ^g   Pöyry, Juha ^g   Smith, Henrik G ^h   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^f   Bommarco, Riccardo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^g FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Butterflies; Connectivity; Habitat loss; Island biogeography; Landscape matrix; Metapopulation; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CONNECTIVITY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GENERALIST; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; METAPOPULATION; PATCH USE; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 83555178394     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9686-z     Document Type: Article

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