Value of semi-natural areas as biodiversity indicators in agricultural landscapes

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-19

  Hietala Koivu, Reija ^a,c   Järvenpää, Tiia ^b   Helenius, Juha ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Biodiversity; Ditch boundary; Indicator; Metapopulation capacity; Semi natural habitat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METAPOPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0347766014     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00273-1     Document Type: Article

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