Revisiting urban refuges: Changes of butterfly and burnet fauna in Prague reserves over three decades

Abstract

Butterflies, conservation,Prague1.We studied changes in the composition of butterfly and burnet fauna in 25 reserves of xeric grasslands within the city Prague, Czech Republic, based on a recent repetition of a survey conducted three decades ago. The past and recent survey detected 91 and 84 species, 12 species were lost and four were gained between the surveys.

Keywords

• PLANT-SPECIES RICHNESS
• CALCAREOUS GRASSLANDS
• DIURNAL MOTHS
• HABITAT
• BIODIVERSITY
• AREA
• CONSERVATION
• LANDSCAPE
• DIVERSITY
• ASSEMBLAGES