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- Title
Towards a functional resource-based concept for habitat: a butterfly biology viewpoint.
- Authors
Dennis, Roger L.H.; Shreeve, Tim G.; Van Dyck, Hans
- Abstract
The habitat is the basic unit for developments in life history, population dynamics, landscape ecology and conservation of organisms. It is frequently treated as a particulate, invariant and homogeneous entity (a patch). Here we examine the implications of using this concept of habitat in butterfly biology. In doing so, we suggest the alternative approach of applying a functional resource-based concept of habitat. This recognises the fundamental requirements of organisms, consumables and utilities, the latter describing suitable environmental conditions as well as essential substrates. We argue that a resource-based concept is critical for butterfly conservation and call for the development of a resource database on butterfly biology .
- Subjects
BUTTERFLIES; HABITATS
- Publication
Oikos, 2003, Vol 102, Issue 2, p417
- ISSN
0030-1299
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1034/j.1600-0579.2003.12492.x