The influences of landscape structure on butterfly distribution and movement: a review

John W. Dover1, Josef Settele2
1Institute for Environment, Sustainability and Regeneration, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2Department of Community Ecology, UFZ—Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany

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