Farm ponds make a contribution to the biodiversity of aquatic insects in a French agricultural landscape

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 331, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 298-308

  Ruggiero, Antonio ^a,b   Céréghino, Régis ^a   Figuerola, Jordi ^c   Marty, Pierre ^a   Angélibert, Sandrine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ecosystem services; General linear modelling; Odonata; Ponds; Self organizing maps; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; INSECT; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; FRANCE; INSECT; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; POND; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS; HEXAPODA; ODONATA;

EID: 40849137558     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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