Effectiveness of vegetation surrogates for parasitoid wasps in reserve selection

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-150

  Fraser, Sally E M ^a   Beresford, Alison E ^a   Peters, Jennifer ^a   Redhead, John W ^a   Welch, Alastair J ^a   Mayhew, Peter J ^a   Dytham, Calvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Indicator species; Insect conservation; Nature reserve selection; Parasitoid Hymenoptera; Reserve network; Species richness surrogates

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; NATURE RESERVE; PARASITOID; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURROGATE METHOD; VEGETATION; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GREAT BRITAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WASPS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALE OF YORK; WESTERN EUROPE;

DIACRITINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; PIMPLINAE; POEMENIINAE;

EID: 58249103978     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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