Moorland restoration aids the reassembly of associated phytophagous insects

Biological Conservation

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-404

  Littlewood, N A ^a,b   Dennis, P ^a   Pakeman, R J ^a   Woodin, S J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Canonical correspondence analysis; Hemiptera; Lepidoptera; Upland heathland

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; INSECT; MOORLAND; REVEGETATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLINIA CAERULEA; NARDUS STRICTA;

EID: 33745877667     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.033     Document Type: Article

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