Wilson, R.J., Davies, Z.G. & Thomas, C.D. (2009) Modelling the effect of habitat fragmentation on range expansion in a butterfly. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276, 1421–1427.
climate change
Braschler, B. & Hill, J.K. (2007) Role of larval host plants in the climate-driven range expansion of the butterfly Polygonia c-album. Journal of Animal Ecology, 76, 415–423.
Menéndez, R., González-Megías, A., Hill, J.K., Braschler, B., Willis, S.G., Collingham, Y.C., Fox, R., Roy, D.B. & Thomas, C.D. (2006) Species richness changes lag behind climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273, 1465–1470.
Diamond, S.E., Frame, A.M., Martin, R.A. & Buckley, L.B. (2011) Species’ traits predict phenological responses to climate change in butterflies. Ecology, 92, 1005–1012.
Hickling, R., Roy, D.B., Hill, J.K., Fox, R. & Thomas, C.D. (2006) The distributions of a wide range of taxonomic groups are expanding polewards. Global Change Biology, 12, 450–455.
Sparks, T.H., Roy, D.B. & Dennis, R.L.H. (2005) The influence of temperature on migration of Lepidoptera into Britain. Global Change Biology, 11, 507–514.
Dennis, R.L.H., Dapporto, L., Sparks, T.H., Williams, S.R., Greatorex-Davies, N., Asher, J. & Roy, D.B. (2010) Turnover and trends in butterfly communities on two British tidal islands: stochastic influences and deterministic factors. Journal of Biogeography, 37, 2291–2304.