Response of orthopteran diversity to abandonment of semi-natural meadows

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 232-236

  Marini, Lorenzo ^a   Fontana, Paolo ^a   Battisti, Andrea ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alps; Grassland management; Insect conservation; Mowing; Reforestation; Successional stages

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HAY; INSECT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEADOW; MORTALITY; MOWING; REFORESTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 65749103386     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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