Contribution of urban expansion and a changing climate to decline of a butterfly fauna

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 773-782

  Casner, Kayce L ^a   Forister, Matthew L ^b   O'Brien, Joshua M ^c   Thorne, James ^c   Waetjen, David ^c   Shapiro, Arthur M ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate; Generalized additive model; Land use; Lepidoptera; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLIES; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84900386211     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12241     Document Type: Article

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