Relationships between sensitivity to agricultural intensification and ecological traits of insectivorous mammals and arthropods

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1195-1203

  Jennings, Nancy ^a,b   Pocock, Michael J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b 1 Mendip Villas ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Ecological trait; Habitat change; Habitat quality; Invertebrate; Life history; Mobility; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ARTHROPOD; BAT; BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECTIVORE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; MOBILITY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTIVORA; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 70349223905     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01208.x     Document Type: Article

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