Reed cutting affects arthropod communities, potentially reducing food for passerine birds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-166

  Schmidt, Martin H ^a   Lefebvre, Gaëtan ^b   Poulin, Brigitte ^b   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Araneae; Biodiversity; Coleoptera; Conservation; Disturbance; Habitat management; Phragmites australis

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; DISTURBANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PASSERINE;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; GALLIFORMES; HEMIPTERA; ONISCIDEA; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE;

EID: 4344578209     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.032     Document Type: Article

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