Phylogenetic alpha and beta diversities of butterfly communities correlate with climate in the western Swiss Alps

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 541-550

  Pellissier, Loïc ^a   Alvarez, Nadir ^a   Espíndola, Anahí ^a   Pottier, Julien ^a   Dubuis, Anne ^a   Pradervand, Jean Nicolas ^a   Guisan, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENTOMOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84876790282     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07716.x     Document Type: Article

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