The effects on butterfly abundance of the management of uncropped edges of arable fields

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1191-1205

  Feber, R E ^a   Smith, H ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agriculture; arable farmland; conservation management; field margins; wild flower seed mixtures

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FIELD; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FIELD MARGIN;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0030302047     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404698     Document Type: Article

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