Effect of field margins on moths depends on species mobility: Field-based evidence for landscape-scale conservation

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 302-309

  Merckx, Thomas ^a   Feber, Ruth E ^a   Dulieu, Rebecca L ^b   Townsend, Martin C ^a   Parsons, Mark S ^c   Bourn, Nigel A D ^c   Riordan, Philip ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effective agri environment schemes; Dispersal; Farming and wildlife; Field margins; Hedgerow trees; Landscape connectivity; Landscape scale conservation; Lepidoptera; Moths

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; FIELD MARGIN; HEDGEROW; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOBILITY; MOTH; POPULATION DECLINE;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 56449091761     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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