Effects of habitat amount and isolation on biodiversity in fragmented traditional orchards

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1003-1013

  Bailey, Debra ^a   Schmidt Entling, Martin H ^b   Eberhart, Peter ^b   Herrmann, John D ^b   Hofer, Gabriela ^a   Kormann, Urs ^b   Herzog, Felix ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beetles; Birds; Habitat fragmentation; Island model; Snails; Species assemblages; Species richness; Spiders; True bugs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; ORCHARD; PATCH DYNAMICS; PEST CONTROL; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARANEAE; AVES; COLEOPTERA; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; FRINGILLA COELEBS; GASTROPODA; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PARUS MAJOR; PHYLLOBIUS OBLONGUS;

EID: 77956097557     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01858.x     Document Type: Article

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