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DOI	10.1126/science.1175726
	Successful conservation of a threatened Maculinea butterfly
	Thomas J.A.; Simcox D.J.; Clarke R.T.
发表日期	2009
ISSN	0036-8075
起始页码	80
结束页码	83
卷号	325 期号:5936
英文摘要	Globally threatened butterflies have prompted research-based approaches to insect conservation. Here, we describe the reversal of the decline of Maculinea arion (Large Blue), a charismatic specialist whose larvae parasitize Myrmica ant societies. M. arion larvae were more specialized than had previously been recognized, being adapted to a single host-ant species that inhabits a narrow niche in grassland. Inconspicuous changes in grazing and vegetation structure caused host ants to be replaced by similar but unsuitable congeners, explaining the extinction of European Maculinea populations. Once this problem was identified, UK ecosystems were perturbed appropriately, validating models predicting the recovery and subsequent dynamics of the butterfly and ants at 78 sites. The successful identification and reversal of the problem provide a paradigm for other insect conservation projects.
英文关键词	butterfly; endangered species; grassland; grazing; larva; model validation; population decline; species conservation; vegetation structure; adaptation; animal experiment; ant; article; butterfly; ecosystem; evolutionary adaptation; female; grassland; grazing; larva; nonhuman; predictor variable; priority journal; species conservation; species identification; United Kingdom; vegetation; Animals; Ants; Butterflies; Climatic Processes; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecosystem; Europe; Extinction, Biological; Feeding Behavior; Female; Great Britain; Lamiaceae; Larva; Life Cycle Stages; Oviposition; Poaceae; Population Dynamics; Formicidae; Hexapoda; Maculinea; Maculinea arion; Myrmica; Papilionoidea
语种	英语
来源期刊	Science
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/245727
作者单位	Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, United Kingdom; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, United Kingdom; Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Change, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Talbot Campus, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thomas J.A.,Simcox D.J.,Clarke R.T.. Successful conservation of a threatened Maculinea butterfly[J],2009,325(5936).
APA	Thomas J.A.,Simcox D.J.,&Clarke R.T..(2009).Successful conservation of a threatened Maculinea butterfly.Science,325(5936).
MLA	Thomas J.A.,et al."Successful conservation of a threatened Maculinea butterfly".Science 325.5936(2009).