Measuring functional connectivity using long-term monitoring data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 527-533

  Powney, Gary D ^a   Roy, David B ^a   Chapman, Daniel ^a   Brereton, Tom ^b   Oliver, Tom H ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butterfly dispersal; Conservation; Habitat; Landscape ecology; Metapopulation; Permeability; Speckled wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863411983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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