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Published online 21 June 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010621-11
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Butterflies fall in Flanders fields
Northern Belgium is the European hot spot for butterfly extinction.
More butterfly species are becoming extinct in northern Belgium than in any other part of Europe. Urbanization and intensive agriculture are probably to blame, new research suggests.
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