Conservation issues of temporary wetland Branchiopoda (Anostraca, Notostraca: Crustacea) in a semiarid agricultural landscape: What spatial scales are relevant?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1224-1234

  Angeler, David G ^a   Viedma, Olga ^a   Sánchez Carrillo, Salvador ^b   Alvarez Cobelas, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Anthropogenic stress; Conservation ecology; Landscape ecology; Temporary ponds; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION; CRUSTACEAN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT QUALITY; SEMIARID REGION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TROPHIC STATUS; WET DEPOSITION;

ANOSTRACA; BRANCHINECTA; BRANCHINECTA ORIENTALIS; BRANCHIOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NOTOSTRACA; TRIOPS; TRIOPS CANCRIFORMIS;

EID: 44149120943     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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