Garden and landscape-scale correlates of moths of differing conservation status: Significant effects of urbanization and habitat diversity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bates, Adam J ^a   Sadler, Jon P ^a   Grundy, Dave ^b   Lowe, Norman ^b   Davis, George ^b   Baker, David ^b   Bridge, Malcolm ^b   Freestone, Roger ^b   Gardner, David ^b   Gibson, Chris ^b   Hemming, Robin ^b   Howarth, Stephen ^b   Orridge, Steve ^b   Shaw, Mark ^b   Tams, Tom ^b   Young, Heather ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Garden Moth Scheme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; MICROHABITAT; MOTH; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84900329255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086925     Document Type: Article

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