Mountain grassland biodiversity: Impact of site conditions versus management type

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-25

  Kampmann, D ^a,b   Herzog, F ^a   Jeanneret, Ph ^a   Konold, W ^b   Peter, M ^a   Walter, T ^a   Wildi, O ^c   Luscher A ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agri environmental scheme; Ecological compensation area; Grasshopper species richness; Land use diversity; Low input farming; Plant species richness; Remoteness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COMPENSATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; LAND USE; MAPPING; MEADOW; SITE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR PLANT;

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

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 39349114833     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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