Sensitivity of UK butterflies to local climatic extremes: which life stages are most at risk?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 108-116

  McDermott Long, Osgur ^a   Warren, Rachel ^a   Price, Jeff ^a   Brereton, Tom M ^b   Botham, Marc S ^c   Franco, Aldina M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

butterfly population changes; climate change; life history traits; linear mixed effects model; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXTREME EVENT; GENERALIST; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEVERE WEATHER; SPECIALIST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAITS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

EID: 84999622369     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12594     Document Type: Article

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