Trampling affects the distribution of specialised coastal dune arthropods

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 726-734

  Bonte, Dries ^a,c   Maes, Dirk ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araneae; Grazing; Grey dunes; Lepidoptera; Multispecies metapopulation; Orthoptera; Recreation; Trampling

Indexed keywords

ALOPECOSA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BOS; HIPPARCHIA SEMELE; ISSORIA LATHONIA; LEPIDOPTERA; OEDIPODA CAERULESCENS; ORTHOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; XYSTICUS SABULOSUS;

EID: 51249112803     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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