Effects of agri-environmental measures, site and landscape conditions on butterfly diversity of Swiss grassland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-304

  Aviron, Stéphanie ^a   Jeanneret, Philippe ^a   Schüpbach, Béatrice ^a   Herzog , Felix ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agri environmental scheme; Butterfly diversity; Ecological compensation areas; Landscape context; Low input grassland; Multiscale analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34250216364     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.12.035     Document Type: Article

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