Restoration of butterfly and moth communities in semi-natural grasslands by cattle grazing

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1656-1670

  Pöyry, Juha ^a   Lindgren, Sami ^a   Salminen, Jere ^a   Kuussaari, Mikko ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Butterflies; Cattle grazing; Community structure; Dynamic equilibrium model; Lepidoptera; Management; Moths; Restoration; Semi natural grasslands; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; MOTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 9644277620     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5151     Document Type: Article

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