The Restoration of Phytophagous Beetles in Species-Rich Chalk Grasslands

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 638-644

  Woodcock, Ben A ^a   Edwards, Andrew R ^b   Lawson, Clare S ^b   Westbury, Duncan B ^b   Brook, Alex J ^c   Harris, Stephanie J ^b   Masters, Greg ^c   Booth, Roger ^d   Brown, Valerie K ^b   Mortimer, Simon R ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CABI   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland; Coleoptera; Colonization; Hay spreading; Hay strewing; Persistence; Soil disturbance

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; COLONIZATION; DISTURBANCE; FOLIAGE; HOST PLANT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWARD;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956296704     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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