Determinants of extinction-colonization dynamics in Mediterranean butterflies: The role of landscape, climate and local habitat features

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 276-285

  Fernández Chacón, Albert ^a   Stefanescu, Constantí ^b,c   Genovart, Meritxell ^a   Nichols, James D ^d   Hines, James E ^d   Páramo, Ferran ^b   Turco, Marco ^e   Oro, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Museu de Granollers Ciencies Naturals   (Spain)

^c CREAF   (Spain)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Effective precipitation; Lepidoptera; Monitoring scheme; Occupancy dynamics; PRESENCE; Spatial heterogeneity; Species' guild

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION RISK; GLOBAL CHANGE; GUILD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROGENEITY; HOT SPOT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EFFECTIVE PRECIPITATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MONITORING SCHEME; OCCUPANCY DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPECIES' GUILD; TIME;

BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT; EFFECTIVE PRECIPITATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MONITORING SCHEME; OCCUPANCY DYNAMICS; PRESENCE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPECIES' GUILD;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890579215     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12118     Document Type: Article

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