Grasshopper response to a 40-year experimental burning and mowing regime, with recommendations for invertebrate conservation management

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 985-1012

  Chambers, B Q ^a   Samways, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burning; Conservation management; Grasshoppers; Mowing

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CONSERVATION; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MOWING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032433747     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008803513740     Document Type: Article

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