Missing the target? A critical view on butterfly conservation efforts on calcareous grasslands in south-western Germany

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2223-2241

  Filz, Katharina J ^a   Engler, Jan O ^a,b   Stoffels, Johannes ^a   Weitzel, Matthias ^c   Schmitt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c not available   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Circuitscape; Community composition change; Global change; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape resistance

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VINEYARD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; GERMANY;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84883310674     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0413-0     Document Type: Article

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