Long-term change and spatial variation in butterfly communities over an elevational gradient: Driven by climate, buffered by habitat

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 950-961

  Nieto Sánchez, Susana ^a   Gutiérrez, David ^a   Wilson, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude gradient; Climate change indicator; Community composition change; Lepidoptera; Mountain biodiversity; Species Temperature index

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIVERSITY INDEX; ELEVATION; LAND COVER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEADOW; MOTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SPAIN;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84937725864     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12316     Document Type: Article

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