Enhancing insect diversity in agricultural grasslands: The roles of management and landscape structure

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 310-319

  Di Giulio, Manuela ^a   Edwards, Peter J ^b   Meister, Erhard ^a  

^a Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Grassland management; Heteroptera; Regional diversity; Species diversity; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035011675     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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