Human land use threatens endemic wetland species: The case of Chorthippus lacustris (La Greca and Messina 1975) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Epirus, Greece

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-74

  Kati, Vassiliki ^a   Mani, Paraskevi ^a   von Helversen, Otto ^b   Willemse, Fer ^c   Elsner, Norbert ^d   Dimopoulos, Panayotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Institute of Zoology and Anthropology ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endemic; Natura 2000; Orthoptera; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WETLAND;

EPIRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTHIPPUS; CHORTHIPPUS LACUSTRIS; ORTHOPTERA; PARAMYTHIA;

EID: 31144441202     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-005-2642-y     Document Type: Article

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