Grassland conservation headlands: Their impact on invertebrate assemblages in intensively managed grassland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-258

  Cole, Lorna J ^a   McCracken, David I ^a   Baker, Laurence ^a   Parish, David ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Carabidae; Farmland birds; Field boundaries

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIVATION; FIELD MARGIN; GRASSLAND; HABITAT USE; INSECT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PITFALL TRAP; PREY AVAILABILITY; SLUG; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

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

ARIONIDAE; AVES; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GASTROPODA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NEBRIA BREVICOLLIS;

EID: 34248205010     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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