Butterfly diversity and historical land cover change along an altitudinal gradient

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1039-1046

  Wagner, Kathrin D ^a,b   Krauss, Jochen ^b   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elevational gradients; Global change; Landscape structure; Species area relationships

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; ELEVATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; ZYGAENIDAE;

EID: 84884533552     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-013-9587-3     Document Type: Article

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