Climate-driven changes in pollinator assemblages during the last 60 years in an Arctic mountain region in Northern Scandinavia

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-238

  Franzén, Markus ^a,b   Öckinger, Erik ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpine; Bumble bees; Butterflies; Climate change; Moths; Padjelanta National Park

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GLACIER RETREAT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INSECT; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLLINATOR;

NORRBOTTEN; PADJELANTA NATIONAL PARK; SWEDEN;

APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; BOMBUS (GENUS); HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84858150796     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-011-9410-y     Document Type: Article

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