Effects of coppicing on butterfly communities of woodlands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 159, Issue , 2013, Pages 396-404

  Fartmann, Thomas ^a   Müller, Cornelia ^a   Poniatowski, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Clear cut; Conservation management; Coppice woodland; Land use; Successional stage

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COPPICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

ALSACE; CENTRAL EUROPE; FRANCE;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84872783649     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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