Changes in nectar supply: A possible cause of widespread butterfly decline

Current Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 384-391

  Wallisdevries, Michiel F ^a,b   Van Swaay, Chris A M ^a   Plate, Calijn L ^c  

^a DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Eutrophication; Habitat quality; Land use; Nectar resources; Pollinators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869823466     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/58.3.384     Document Type: Article

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