Conservation of arthropod diversity in montane wetlands: Effect of altitude, habitat quality and habitat fragmentation on butterflies and grasshoppers

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-373

  Wettstein, Walter ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Global change; Management strategies; Metapopulation structure

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTHROPOD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032800549     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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