Wetland creation in agricultural landscapes: Biodiversity benefits on local and regional scales

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 964-973

  Thiere, Geraldine ^a,b   Milenkovski, Susann ^b,c   Lindgren, Per Eric ^c   Sahlén, Göran ^a   Berglund, Olof ^b   Weisner, Stefan E B ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitat density; Assemblage composition; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Catchment restoration; Ecosystem services; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HETEROGENEITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 62049085518     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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