Butterf ly communities under threat: Butterfly populations are declining worldwide as a result of habitat loss and degradation

Science

Volumn 353, Issue 6296, 2016, Pages 216-218

  Thomas, Jeremy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HABITAT LOSS; LAND DEGRADATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST; GENOTYPE; HABITAT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; THREAT; VASCULAR PLANT; ANIMAL; POPULATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION;

EID: 84978394502     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8838     Document Type: Article

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