Butterflies in semi-natural pastures and power-line corridors - effects of flower richness, management, and structural vegetation characteristics

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 639-657

  Berg, Åke ^a   Ahrné, Karin ^a   Öckinger, Erik ^a   Svensson, Roger ^a   Wissman, Jörgen ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clearing of shrubs; Grazing; Hesperoidea; Moisture; Papilionoidea; Species abundance; Species richness; Vegetation height; Zygaenidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888019756     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12019     Document Type: Article

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