A Resource-Based Habitat View for Conservation: Butterflies in the British Landscape; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 WHAT IS A HABITAT? AN AWKWARD QUESTION; Definitions of habitat; Distinguishing habitat from biotope and vegetation units; 2 A SIMPLE MODEL FOR BUTTERFLY HABITATS; Habitat model; Key issues in the habitat model; The matrix or so-called empty space; Movement in and between habitats; Open versus closed populations and species; Qualifying resource outlets; Consumables; Larval hostplants and herbivory; Nectar sources and adult food; Utilities.Adult basking sites and behaviourMate location sites, substrates and behaviour; Egg-laying sites and substrates; Adult rests and roosts; Larval sites for resting and moulting; Pupation sites; Parasitoids and predators in the resource zones; Symbionts and enemy-free space; Hibernation and aestivation sites; Conditions and conditioners; Climatic agents as conditioners; Edaphic agents as conditioners; Resource database; 3 BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR BUTTERFLY HABITATS; Describing variation in resources; Resource composition; Resource physiognomy; Resource connectivity.Resource variation in the habitat spaceGeneral principles of resource composition; General principles of resource physiognomy; General principles of resource connectivity; Resource dynamics within habitats; General principles of resource dynamics; General principles of resource composition; General principles of resource physiognomy; General principles of resource connectivity; Habitats, butterfly resources and population status; Resource dynamics, population status and life cycle strategies; Principles relating to population size and density; Principles relating to stage appearance.Resources, movements and dispersion patterns inside the habitat4 EXPLOITING INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES; Patterns and agents in resource use; Some principles relating to single resource use; Principles relating to spatial variation in a resource type; Principles relating to temporal variation in single resource types; Principles relating to individual preferences and behaviour; Distribution of individuals in relation to the distribution of resources; Distribution of individuals on single resource patches; Placement of individual butterflies on single resource items.Manipulation of the micro-landscape: micro-architectureForaging: theory and practice; 5 BUTTERFLY HABITATS: SEARCHING FOR ORDER; Biotope distinctions among British butterflies; Biotope associations; Principles of biotope properties; Principles linking butterflies to biotopes; Principles relating to observations made in biotopes; Biotopes, environmental conditions and niche parameters; Principles relating to biotopes over time; Principles relating to vegetation succession and regeneration cycles; Communities, niches and invasibility; Ecological classification of British butterflies.