Temperature-related shifts in butterfly phenology depend on the habitat

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2429-2438

  Altermatt, Florian ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity monitoring; Flight period; Lepidoptera; Metacommunity; Seasonal appearance; Source sink; Temperature change; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISPERSAL; HABITAT; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROCLIMATE; PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84863631253     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02727.x     Document Type: Article

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