Density–distribution relationships in British butterflies. I. The effect of mobility and spatial scale

By Matthew J. R. Cowley, Christopher M Thomas, David Roy, Robert J. Wilson, J. León-Cortés, David Gutiérrez, C. Bulman, Rachel M. Quinn, D. Moss, Kevin J. Gaston. 2001

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Changes to the elevational limits and extent of species ranges associated with climate change. (2005, methodology): “Species included were non-migratory (Pollard & Yates 1993; Cowley et al. 2001), but to avoid including vagrant individuals in analysis, species were considered present only if two or more individuals were recorded at a site.”
Landscape occupancy and local population size depends on host plant distribution in the butterfly Cupido minimus (2004, unknown): “The Small Blue is widely reported to be sedentary (Bink, 1992; Weidemann, 1995; Cowley et al., 2001).”
Butterfly species richness in the north‐west Mediterranean Basin: the role of natural and human‐induced factors (2004, background): “Papilio machaon, Pieris brassicae, Pieris rapae, Pontia daplidice, Colias crocea, Gonepteryx cleopatra, Lycaena phlaeas, Lampides boeticus, Celastrina argiolus, Polyommatus icarus, Vanessa atalanta, Cynthia cardui, Pararge aegeria, Lasiommata megera) all combine a high degree of mobility (e.g. Denni”
The influences of landscape structure on butterfly distribution and movement: a review (2009, methodology): “This review deals principally with species that are more at the ‘closed’ end of the ‘closed-open’ population structure continuum (Thomas 1984) and that use resources that are typically well dispersed (Cowley et al. 2001a).”
A framework for assessing threats and benefits to species responding to climate change (2011, background): “…Conservation web pages (http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/, accessed November 2009), and the published literature (e.g. Pollard &Yates 1993; Cowley et al. 2002; Dennis, Shreeve &VanDyck 2003) to extract information on species-specific constraints and exacerbating factors (e.g. dispersal,…”
Contrasting trends of butterfly species preferring semi-natural grasslands, field margins and forest edges in northern Europe (2007, unknown): “The seven species with missing values were classified based on other published mobility classifications (Cowley et al. 2001; Maes and van Dyck 2001).”
Allozyme variation in Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): identification of ice‐age refugia and reconstruction of post‐glacial expansion (2001, background): “The studied butter¯y species P. coridon is generally sedentary (Weidemann, 1988; Cowley et al., 2001).”
Butterfly habitats, broad‐scale biotope affiliations, and structural exploitation of vegetation at finer scales: the matrix revisited (2004, background): “It challenges suggestions that absolute numbers for different species observed along transects are comparable (Cowley et al., 2001); if they are, then such differences need to be scaled in orders of magnitude to account for the huge discrepancies in sex ratios.”
Spatial hierarchical approach in community ecology: a way beyond high context-dependency and low predictability in local phenomena (2004, background): “Recently, there has been an increase in the attention to the effects of spatial scale in macroecology (e.g., Cowley et al. 2001; Lennon et al. 2001).”
Host plants and butterfly biology. Do host‐plant strategies drive butterfly status? (2004, methodology): “Although distributions and population status are associated with a number of life-history attributes, no substantive link in extensive faunal (across species) comparisons has been established between environmental changes, organismal ecology, and changes in geographical distribution (Quinn et al., 1”
Relative importance of resource quantity, isolation and habitat quality for landscape distribution of a monophagous butterfly (2005, background): “Contrary to expectations by many lepidopterists (Cowley et al. 2001), even the butterfly C. minimus which isT ab le 2 .”
Confusion reigns? A review of marine megafauna interactions with tidal-stream environments (2015, background): “For many animal species, however, distribution patterns can be both spatially and temporally dynamic within the lifetime of individuals (e.g. Cowley et al. 2001).”