Effects of vegetation management by mowing on ground-dwelling arthropods

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 740-750

  Noordijk, Jinze ^a   Schaffers, André P ^a   Heijerman, Theodoor ^a   Boer, Peter ^b   Gleichman, Maurits ^a   Sýkora, Karlè V ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Biosystematics Group ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Araneae; Carabidae; Conservation; Curculionidae; Diversity; Formicidae; Roadside verges; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; CURCULIONIDAE; FLOWERING PLANTS; GROUND BEETLES; MOWING MANAGEMENT; NETHERLANDS; PITFALL TRAPS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BIODIVERSITY; BUILDINGS; MANAGEMENT; ROADSIDES;

VEGETATION;

ANT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER; GRASSLAND; HAY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOWING; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; VEGETATION COVER;

NETHERLANDS;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FORMICIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77950689713     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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