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ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 54, Issue 1, Pages 105-110Publisher
BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.54.1.105
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biodiversity; bio-indicator; climatic factors; butterflies; Mediterranean; monitoring; radiation; temperature; LTER
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Although many Studies indicate a relation between global warming and variation in spatial and temporal butterfly distribution, detailed studies are lacking on the importance of local climatic factors on butterfly community composition. We Studied the relation between climatic factors and seasonality on butterfly community cornposition in a Mediterranean climate-type region. The butterfly diversity measures were mainly affected by maximum daily radiation, minimum daily relative humidity, and temperature variables. We suggest extending butterfly monitoring at Long Term Ecological Research stations in Israel, which will allow separating the effect of climatic changes and/or change in local factors on butterfly community composition.
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