Changing distribution patterns of an endangered butterfly: Linking local extinction patterns and variable habitat relationships

Biological Conservation

Volumn 152, Issue , 2012, Pages 280-290

  Preston, Kristine L ^a,b   Redak, Richard A ^a   Allen, Michael F ^a   Rotenberry, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Nature Reserve of Orange County   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Euphydryas editha quino; Extinction; Grazing; Precipitation; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTIVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TOPOGRAPHY; URBANIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

EUPHYDRYAS EDITHA;

EID: 84862647157     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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