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Monitoring of day-active butterflies by water pan traps method over the period 2001–2012 was conducted on a gradually overgrowing habitat in Košickł kotlina basin (Slovakia). Totally, 1457 individuals of 57 species of butterflies were caught and evaluated. Monitoring revealed significant changes in the butterfly community which might be a consequence of a gradual overgrown of the study area. During the research, 12 butterfly species have disappeared from the study area. The monitoring provided results which point to the necessity of appropriate management for conservation of rare and protected butterfly species.
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Kočíková, L., Čanády, A. & Panigaj, L. Change in a butterfly community on a gradually overgrowing site. Russ J Ecol 45, 391–398 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413614050087
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