Indirect effects of grassland extensification schemes on pollinators in two contrasting European countries

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 302-307

  Kohler, Florian ^a,b   Verhulst, Jort ^a   Knop, Eva ^c   Herzog, Felix ^c   Kleijn, David ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Insect abundance; Plant phenology; Plant species cover; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BEE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENTOMOPHILY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GRASSLAND; POLLINATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

APIS; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845483686     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.037     Document Type: Article

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