Species richness in agroecosystems: The effect of landscape, habitat and farm management

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1335-1355

  Weibull, Ann Christin ^a   Östman, Örjan ^a   Granqvist, Åsa ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Araneae; Diversity; Farming practices; Ground beetles; Land use intensity; Landscape structure; Lepidoptera; Phanoregam; Staphylinids

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SWEDEN;

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; STAPHYLINIDAE; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0037572213     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023617117780     Document Type: Article

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