Grasslands as habitats for butterflies in Europe

Grasslands in Europe: Of High Nature Value

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 27-34

  WallisDeVries, Michiel F ^a,b   van Swaay, Chris A M ^a  

^a DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85193207958     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789004278103_004     Document Type: Chapter

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