What determines the distribution of a flightless bush-cricket (Metrioptera brachyptera) in a fragmented landscape?

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 637-645

  Poniatowski, Dominik ^a   Fartmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Habitat quality; Isolation; Metapopulation; Orthoptera; Patch size

Indexed keywords

FLIGHTLESSNESS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INSECT; METAPOPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PATCH SIZE;

DIEMEL VALLEY; GERMANY;

HEXAPODA; METRIOPTERA BRACHYPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; OVIS ARIES; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 78249248923     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9293-3     Document Type: Article

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