Effects of forest-dune ecotone management on the endangered heath grasshopper, Chorthippus vagans (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 449-456

  Hochkirch, A ^a,b   Gartner A C ^a   Brandt, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c Ökologische Schutzstation Steinhuder Meer ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dune management; Forest edge; Forest management; Inland dunes; Insect conservation; Thinning out

Indexed keywords

DUNE; ECOTONE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST EDGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; GRASSHOPPER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSHOPPERS; POPULATION DENSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HANNOVER; LOWER SAXONY;

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTHIPPUS VAGANS; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 53149106296     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485308005762     Document Type: Article

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