Does microclimate affect grasshopper populations after cutting of hay in improved grassland?

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-102

  Gardiner, Tim ^a   Hassall, Mark ^b  

^a University of East Anglia ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Datalogger; Environmental stewardship; Grass field margins; Mowing; Orthoptera; Sward height; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; MICROCLIMATE; MOWING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REFUGE; RESEARCH WORK; SUMMER; SWARD;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTHIPPUS ALBOMARGINATUS; CHORTHIPPUS PARALLELUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 58149354539     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9129-y     Document Type: Article

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