Ant and plant species richness in relation to grazing, fertilisation and topography

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-125

  Pihlgren, Aina ^a   Lenoir, Lisette ^a   Dahms, Henriette ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant community; Conservation; Fertilised; Grassland management; Semi natural grassland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; PLANT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77950595217     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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