Abundances and movement of the Scarce Copper butterfly (Lycaena virgaureae) on future building sites at a settlement fringe in southern Sweden

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 255-264

  Haaland, Christine ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Garden; Housing development; Mark release recapture; Rumex thyrsiflorus; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937765899     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: 15729753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9708-7     Document Type: Article

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