Conservation of grasshopper diversity in a changing environment

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 360-370

  Steck, Claude E ^a,b   Bürgi, Matthias ^b   Bolliger, Janine ^b   Kienast, Felix ^b   Lehmann, Anthony ^c,d   Gonseth, Yves ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; GAM; Hotspots; Land use change; Scenario; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRASSHOPPER; LAND USE CHANGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 34547518288     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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