Living on the edge: interactions between Lepidoptera and parasites in fragmented habitats

Roy, Helen; Hesketh, Helen; McCracken, Morag; Pywell, Richard; Hails, Rosemary. 2009 Living on the edge: interactions between Lepidoptera and parasites in fragmented habitats. Atropos, 37. 19-26.

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract/Summary

Many species of Lepidoptera have declined over the last few decades. The greatest impact has been on specialist species, with habitat loss and fragmentation being identified as major factors. Change in climate has also been implicated. Warmer summers have enabled almost a quarter (11 species) of native Lepidoptera to expand in range but warmer winters are also speculated to be deleterious to many species. Entomopathogens (pathogens of insects), for example, will benefit from warmer, wetter climatic regimes and are expected to impact on Lepidoptera.

Item Type:	Article
Programmes:	CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 onwards > Biodiversity > BD Topic 1 - Observations, Patterns, and Predictions for Biodiversity CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biodiversity > BD01 Conservation and Restoration of Biodiversity CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 onwards > Biodiversity > BD Topic 3 - Managing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Environment > BD - 3.1 - Develop methods to quantify the link between biodiversity .. CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 onwards > Biodiversity > BD Topic 2 - Ecological Processes in the Environment
CEH Sections:	Pywell Hails
NORA Subject Terms:	Zoology Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	26 Jan 2010 10:33
URI:	http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/8334

Actions (login required)

View Item