Shelter benefits less mobile moth species: The field-scale effect of hedgerow trees

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 147-151

  Merckx, Thomas ^a   Feber, Ruth E ^a   Mclaughlan, Claire ^a   Bourn, Nigel A D ^b   Parsons, Mark S ^b   Townsend, Martin C ^a   Riordan, Philip ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Field margins; Habitat resources; Landscape scale conservation; Lepidoptera; Macro moths; Shelter; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD MARGIN; GUILD; HEDGEROW; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LARVA; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOBILITY; MOTH; SHELTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 77955089660     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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