@article{PAR00006587, title = {{R}elative importance of habitat and landscape scales on butterfly communities of urbanizing areas}, author = {{L}izee, {M}. {H}. and {B}onardo, {R}. and {M}auffrey, {J}. {F}. and {B}ertaudiere-{M}ontes, {V}. and {T}atoni, {T}hierry and {D}eschamps-{C}ottin, {M}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A}gricultural decline and urbanization entail rapid alterations of the patterns of organization of rural landscapes in {E}urope. {T}he spread of the urban footprint to the adjacent countryside contributes to the development of new anthropogenic ecosystems in formerly rural hinterlands. {I}n this study, butterflies are considered as biological indicators of these rapid environmental changes. {O}ur purpose is to better understand changes in biodiversity related to the evolution of available habitats in a mutating landscape. {I}n this study, we investigate butterfly communities of four land-use types (fallow lands, gardens, vineyards, woodlands) within different landscape contexts. {O}ur results reveal that variations in structure and functional composition of these communities are related to different levels of human disturbance at both landscape scale and habitat scale.}, keywords = {{RLQ} analysis ; {F}unctional traits ; {L}andscape context ; {L}and-uses ; {L}epidoptera}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{C}omptes {R}endus {B}iologies}, volume = {334}, numero = {1}, pages = {74--84}, ISSN = {1631-0691}, year = {2011}, DOI = {10.1016/j.crvi.2010.11.001}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00006587}, }