Differential indirect effects of excluding livestock and rabbits from chalk heath on the associated leafhopper (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) fauna

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-361

  Barham, David Fisher ^a   Stewart, Alan J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auchenorrhyncha; Calcareous grassland; Chalk heath; Grassland; Grazing; Leafhoppers

Indexed keywords

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; GRAZING; HEATHLAND; HERBIVORY; PLANTHOPPER; SAMPLING;

AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CICADELLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 26044463218     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-005-0517-x     Document Type: Article

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