Ecological characteristics of small farmland ponds: Associations with land use practices at multiple spatial scales

Biological Conservation

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-532

  Declerck, Steven ^a   De Bie, Tom ^a   Ercken, Dirk ^b   Hampel, Henrietta ^b   Schrijvers, Sofie ^a   Van Wichelen, Jeroen ^c   Gillard, Virginie ^d   Mandiki, Robert ^d   Losson, Bertrand ^e   Bauwens, Dirk ^f   Keijers, Stijn ^a   Vyverman, Wim ^c   Goddeeris, Boudewijn ^b   De meester, Luc ^a   Brendonck, Luc ^a   Martens, Koen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle; Crops; Trampling; Turbidity; Vegetation complexity; Water plant

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; POND; RARE SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33745256002     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.02.024     Document Type: Article

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