Potential metapopulation structure and the effects of habitat quality on population size of the endangered False Ringlet butterfly

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 537-547

  Örvössy, Noémi ^a   Kőrösi, Ádám ^b   Batáry, Péter ^b,c   Vozár, Ágnes ^d   Peregovits, László ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Natura 2000 Unit Department of Nature Conservation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Coenonympha oedippus; Dispersal; Habitat management; Mark recapture; Population size; Purple Moorgrass meadow

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MEADOW; METAPOPULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOLONIZATION;

HUNGARY;

COENONYMPHA OEDIPPUS; MOLINIA CAERULEA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84877811993     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-012-9538-4     Document Type: Article

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