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Bibby, T.J. (1983) Oviposition by the brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni (L,) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire in 1982. Entomologist's Gazette, 34, 229-234.
Brakefield, P.M. (1987) Geographical variability in, and temperature effects on, the phenology of Maniola jurtina (Lepidoptera, Satyridae) in England and Wales. Ecological Entomology, 12, 139-148.
Carstairs, D.N. (1989) Monitoring of butterflies at St. Cyrus National Nature Reserve, 1979-1983. Entomologist's Record, 101, 121-129.
Cowley, M.J.R., Thomas, C.D., Roy, D.B., Wilson, R.J., LeonCortes, J.L., Gutierrez, D., Bulman, C.R., Quinn, R.M., Moss, D., & Gaston, K.J. (2001) Density-distribution relationships in British butterflies. I. The effect of mobility and spatial scale. Journal of Animal Ecology, 70, 410-425.
Davis, B.N.K. (1989) Habitat recreation for butterflies on a landfill site. Entomologist, 108, 109-122.
Dennis, R.L.H. (1985) Voltinism in British Aglais urticae (L.) (Lep: Nymphalidae): Variation in space and time. Proceedings and Transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society, 18, 51-61.
Dennis, R.L.H., Hodgson, J.G., Grenyer, R., Shreeve, T.G., & Roy, D.B. (2004) Host plants and butterfly biology. Do host-plant strategies drive butterfly status? Ecology Entomology, 29, 12-26.
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Dover, J.W., Sparks, T.H., & Greatorex-Davis, J.N. (1997) The importance of shelter for butterflies in open landscapes. Journal of Insect Conservation, 1, 89-97.
Greatorex-Davis, J.N., Hall, M.L., Sparks, T.H., & Marrs, R.M. (1993) The influence of shade on butterflies in rides of coniferised lowland woods in southern England and implications for conservation management. Biological Conservation, 63, 31-41.
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Leverton, R. (1994) The large white, Pieris brassicae L. (Lep. Pieridae) apparently univoltine in Banffshire. Entomologist's Record, 106, 190-191.
Morecroft, M.D., Bealey, C.E., Howells, O., Rennie, S., & Woiwod, I.P. (2002) Effects of drought on contrasting insect and plant species in the UK in the mid-1990s. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 11, 7-22.
Moss, D. & Pollard, E. (1993) Calculation of collated indices of abundance of butterflies based on monitored sites. Ecological Entomology, 18, 77-83.
Pollard, E. (1977) A method of assessing changes in the abundance of butterflies. Biological Conservation, 12, 115-134.
Pollard, E. (1979a) A national scheme for monitoring the abundance of butterflies. The first three years. Proceedings and Transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society, 12, 77-90.
Pollard, E. (1979b) Population ecology and change in range of the white admiral butterfly Ladoga camilla. L. in England. Ecological Entomology, 4, 61-74.
Pollard, E. (1981a) Aspects of the ecology of the meadow brown butterflies, Maniola jurtina (L.) (Lepidoptera: Satyridae). Entomologist's Gazette, 32, 67-74.
Pollard, E. (1981b) Monitoring changes in butterfly numbers. Atala, 7, 68-69.
Pollard, E. (1982a) Monitoring butterfly abundance in relation to the management of a nature reserve. Biological Conservation, 24, 317-328.
Pollard, E. (1982b) Observations on the migratory behaviour of the Painted Lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Entomologist's Gazette, 33, 99-103.
Pollard, E. (1984a) Fluctuations in the abundance of butterflies 1976-1982. Ecological Entomology, 9, 179-188.
Pollard, E. (1988) Temperature, rainfall and butterfly numbers. Journal of Applied Ecology, 25, 819-828.
Pollard, E. (1991a) Changes in the flight period of the Hedge Brown butterfly Pyronia tithonus during range expansion. Journal of Animal Ecology, 60, 737-748.
Pollard, E. (1994) Was it a migration?: the exceptional abundance of the large white butterfly Pieris brassicae (L.) in 1992. The Entomologist, 113, 211-216.
Pollard, E. & Cooke, A.S. (1994) Impact of muntjac deer Muntiacus reevesi on egg-laying sites of the white admiral butterfly Ladoga camilla in a Cambridgeshire wood. Biological Conservation, 70, 189-191.
Pollard, E., Elias, D.O., Skelton, M.J., & Thomas, J.A. (1975) A method of assessing the abundance of butterflies in Monks Wood NNR in 1973. Entomologists Gazette, 26, 76-88.
Pollard, E. (1991c) Synchrony of population fluctuations: the dominant influence of widespread factors on local butterfly populations. Oikos, 60, 7-10.
Pollard, E. & Greatorex-Davies, J.N. (1997b) Flight-periods of the small heath butterfly, Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) on chalk downs and in woodland in southern England. Entomologist's Gazette, 48, 3-7.
Pollard, E. & Greatorex-Davies, J.N. (1998a) Increased abundance of the red admiral butterfly Vanessa atalanta in Britain: the role of immigration, overwintering and breeding with the country. Ecology Letters, 1, 77-81.
Pollard, E., Greatorex-Davies, J.N., & Thomas, J.A. (1997) Drought reduces breeding success of the butterfly Aglais urticae. Ecological Entomology, 22, 315-318.
Pollard, E. & Hall, M.L. (1980) Possible movement of Gonepteryx rhamni (L) (lepidoptera: Pieridae) between hibernation and breeding. Entomologists Gazette, 31, 217-220.
Pollard, E. & Hall, M.L. (1989) Butterfly monitoring in 1988. Entomologist, 108, 229-243. Entomologist's Gazette, 35, 227-234.
Pollard, E., Hall, M.L., & Bibby, T.J. (1984) The clouded yellow butterfly migration of 1983. Entomologist's Gazette, 227-234.
Pollard, E., Hall, M.L., & Bibby, T.J. (1986a) The clouded yellow migration of 1983.
Pollard, E. & Moss, D. (1995) Historical records of the occurance of butterflies in Britain: examples showing assocciations between annual number of records and weather. Global Change Biology, 1, 107-113.
Pollard, E., Moss, D., & Yates, T.J. (1995) Population trends of common British butterflies at monitored sites. Journal of Applied Ecology, 32, 9-16.
Pollard, E. & Rothery, P. (1994) A simple stochastic model of resource-limited insect populations. Oikos, 69, 287-294.
Pollard, E., Rothery, P., & Yates, T.J. (1996) Annual growth rates in newly established populations of the butterfly Pararge aegeria. Ecological Entomology, 21, 365-369.
Pollard, E., Van Swaay, C.A.M., Stefanescu, C., Lundsten, K.E., Maes, D., & Greatorex-Davies, J.N. (1998b) Migration of the painted lady butterfly Cynthia cardui in Europe: evidence from monitoring. Diversity and Distributions, 4, 243-253.
Pollard, E., Van Swaay, C.A.M., & Yates, T.J. (1993) Changes in butterfly numbers in Great Britain and the Netherlands 1900-1991. Ecological Entomology, 18, 93-94.
Pollard, E., Woiwod, I.P., Greatorex-Davies, J.N., Yates, T.J., & Welch, R.C. (1998c) The spread of coarse grasses and changes in numbers of lepidoptera in a woodland nature reserve. Biological Conservation, 84, 17-24.
Pollard, E. & Yates, T.J. (1992) The extinction and foundation of local butterfly populations in relation to population variability and other factors. Ecological Entomology, 17, 249-254.
Pollard, E. & Yates, T.J. (1993c) Population fluctuations of the holly blue butterfly Calestrina argiolus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologists Gazette.
Rothery, P., Newton, I., Dale, L., & Wesolowski, T. (1997) Testing for density dependence allowing for weather effects. Oecologia, 112, 518-523.
Rothery, P. & Roy, D.B. (2001) Application of generalized additive models to butterfly transect count data. Journal of Applied Statistics, 28, 897-909.
Roy, D.B., Rothery, P., Moss, D., Pollard, E., & Thomas, J.A. (2001) Butterfly numbers and weather: predicting historical trends in abundance and the future effects of climate change. Journal of Animal Ecology, 70, 201-217.
Roy, D.B. & Sparks, T.H. (2000) Phenology of British butterflies and climate change. Global Change Biology, 6, 407-416.
Roy, D.B. & Thomas, J.A. (2003) Seasonal variation in the niche, habitat availability and population fluctuations of a bivoltine thermophilous insect near its range margin. Oecologia, 134, 439-444.
Shreeve, T., Dennis, R.L.H., Roy, D.B., & Moss, D. (2001) An ecological classification of British butterflies: ecological attributes and biotope occupancy. Journal of Insect Conservation, 5, 145-161.
Smart, S.M., Firbank, L.G., Bunce, R.G.H., & Watkins, J.W. (2000) Quantifying changes in abundance of food plants for butterfly larvae and farmland birds. Journal of Applied Ecology, 37, 398-414.
Sparks, T.H., Roy, D.B., & Mason, C.F. (2000) Phenology in Essex: lessons from the past and examples of recent trends. Essex Naturalist, 17, 31-37.
Sparks, T.H. & Yates, T.J. (1997) The effect of spring temperature on the appearance dates of British butterflies 1883-1993. Ecography, 20, 368-374.
Sutcliffe, O.L., Thomas, C.D., & Moss, D. (1996) Spatial synchrony and asynchrony in butterfly population dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology, 65, 85-95.
Sutcliffe, O.L., Thomas, C.D., Yates, T.J., & Greatorex-Davies, J.N. (1997) Correlated extinctions, colonizations and population fluctuations in a highly connected ringlet butterfly metapopulation. Oecologia, 109, 235-241.
Thomas, C.D. (1991) Spatial and temporal variability in a butterfly population. Oecologia, 87, 577-580.
Thomas, J.A. (1983a) The ecology and conservation of Lysandra bellargus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Britain. Journal of Applied Ecology, 20, 59-83.
Thomas, J.A. (1983b) The ecology and status of Thymelicus acteon (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) in Britain. Ecological Entomology, 8, 427-435.
Thomas, J.A. (1983c) A quick method of estimating butterfly numbers during surveys. Biological Conservation, 27, 195-211.
Thomas, J.A. (1984) Changes in the status of the Adonis blue and Lulworth skipper in Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 106, 93-96.
Thomas, J.A., Moss, D., & Pollard, E. (1994) Increased fluctuations of butterfly populations towards the northern edges of species ranges. Ecography, 17, 215-220.
van Strein, A.J., van de Pavert, R., Moss, D., Yates, T.J., van Swaay, C.A.M., & Vos, P. (1997) The statistical power of two butterfly monitoring schemes to detect trends. Journal of Animal Ecology, 34, 817-828.
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Warren, M.S., Hill, J.K., Thomas, J.A., Asher, J., Fox, R., Huntley, B., Roy, D.B., Telfer, M.G., Jeffcoate, S., Harding, P., Jeffcoate, G., Willis, S.G., Greatorex-Davies, J.N., Moss, D., & Thomas, C.D. (2001) Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change. Nature, 414, 65-69.
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