Comparing the effects of farming practices on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and spider (Araneae) assemblages of Scottish farmland

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 441-460

  Cole, Lorna J ^a   McCracken, David I ^a   Downie, Iain S ^a   Dennis, Peter ^b   Foster, Garth N ^a   Waterhouse, Tony ^a   Murphy, Kevin J ^c   Griffin, Anna L ^c   Kennedy, Mike P ^c  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural management; Multivariate analysis; Procrustes analysis; Species composition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAND COVER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPIDER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ARANEAE; CALLUNA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PROCRUSTES;

EID: 15244348663     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-6404-z     Document Type: Article

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