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Monitoring butterflies in the Netherlands and Flanders: the first results

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Butterfly monitoring started in the Netherlands in 1990 and in Flanders in 1991. During the last few years butterflies have been counted at nearly 300 sites. This high number of transects makes it possible to calculate not only national, but also regional and habitat-indices for many species. Special attention is paid to Red list species in the Netherlands. In the near future the number of sites per species on this list is to be increased to at least 20. This can be achieved by a ‘Red list monitoring scheme‘, in which monitoring is restricted to the flight period of the species.

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  1. De Vlinderstichting (Dutch Butterfly Conservation), PO Box 506, 6700, AM Wageningen, the Netherlands

    Chris A.M. van Swaay

  2. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud (Institute of Nature Conservation), Kliniekstraat 25, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Dirk Maes

  3. Division Agriculture, Industry and the Environment, Department Environment, Statistics Netherlands, PO Box 4000, 2270, JM Voorburg, the Netherlands

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van Swaay , C.A., Maes , D. & Plate , C. Monitoring butterflies in the Netherlands and Flanders: the first results. Journal of Insect Conservation 1, 81–87 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018435110335

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