Elevational trends in butterfly phenology: Implications for species responses to climate change

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-144

  Illán, Javier Gutiérrez ^a,b,c   Gutiérrez, David ^a   Díez, Sonia B ^a   Wilson, Robert J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Elevation range; Emergence time; Growing season; Hopkins Law; Iberian Peninsula; Lepidoptera; Phenological patterns

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; EMERGENCE; FLIGHTLESSNESS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONALITY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84859119408     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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