Life History Traits Reflect Changes in Mediterranean Butterfly Communities Due to Forest Encroachment.

The biodiversity of the Southern Balkans, part of the Mediterranean global biodiversity hot-spot, is threatened by land use intensification and abandonment, the latter causing forest encroachment of formerly open habitats. We investigated the impact of forest encroachment on butterfly species richne...

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Main Authors: Jana Slancarova, Alena Bartonova, Michal Zapletal, Milan Kotilinek, Zdenek Faltynek Fric, Nikola Micevski, Vasiliki Kati, Martin Konvicka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4801352?pdf=render