Stability and change over 67 years - The community of Heteroptera as caught in a light-trap at Rothamsted, UK

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 557-561

  Southwood, T Richard E ^a   Henderson, Peter A ^b   Woiwod, Ian P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PISCES CONSERVATION LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Environmental change; Farmland biodiversity; Heteroptera; Lepidoptera; Light traps; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; LIGHT TRAP; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HERTFORDSHIRE; ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

HETEROPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROLEPIDOPTERA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0942289112     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.084     Document Type: Article

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