Effects of small-scale grassland fragmentation and frequent mowing on population density and species diversity of orthopterans: A long-term study

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-329

  Braschler, Brigitte ^a   Marini, Lorenzo ^b   Thommen, G Heinrich ^c   Baur, Bruno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bush crickets; Calcareous grasslands; Crickets; Disturbance; Grasshoppers; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation; Jura mountains

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION RISK; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOWING; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS;

CAELIFERA; ENSIFERA (INSECTS); GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 65649099175     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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