Sown wildflower areas to enhance spiders in arable fields

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-22

  Schmidt Entling, Martin H ^a   Döbeli, Jolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Araneae; Ecosystem services; Edge effect; Habitat management; Landscape composition; Spatial scale; Species richness; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EDGE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GNAPHOSIDAE; LINYPHIIDAE; LYCOSIDAE; THOMISIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67649378431     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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