The influences of landscape structure on butterfly distribution and movement: a review |
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| Authors: | John Dover Josef Settele |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute for Environment, Sustainability and Regeneration, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DE, UK;(2) Department of Community Ecology, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Theodor-Lieser Str 4, 06120 Halle, Germany |
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| Abstract: | We review the literature on the influence of landscape structure on butterfly distribution and movement. We start by examining
the definition of landscape commonly used in spatial ecology. Landscape-level processes are reviewed before focusing on the
impact of the geometry and spatial arrangement of habitat patches on butterflies e.g. the nature of the matrix, patch size
and shape, minimum area requirements, immigration and emigration, and temporal habitat dynamics. The role of landscape elements
is reviewed in terms of corridors (and stepping-stones), barriers, nodes, environmental buffers, and prominent landmark features. |
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| Keywords: | Landscape Dispersal Connectivity Spatial ecology Lepidoptera Patch Matrix |
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