Orthopteran assemblages as indicators of grassland naturalness in Hungary

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-129

  Báldi, András ^a   Kisbenedek, Tibor ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Human disturbance; Hungary; Indication; Orthopteran communities

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND NATURALNESS; ORTHOPTERAN ASSEMBLAGE; STEPPES;

HUNGARY;

ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0344973006     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00068-6     Document Type: Article

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