Conserving threatened Lepidoptera: Towards an effective woodland management policy in landscapes under intense human land-use

Biological Conservation

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-39

  Merckx, Thomas ^a,b   Feber, Ruth E ^a   Hoare, Daniel J ^c   Parsons, Mark S ^c   Kelly, Caroline J ^c   Bourn, Nigel A D ^c   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coppicing; Landscape scale; Moths; Widespread species; Woodland biodiversity; Woodland rides

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTOPE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MOTH; NATIVE SPECIES; POLICY MAKING; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84859318790     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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