Hay harvesting causes high orthopteran mortality

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 522-527

  Humbert, Jean Yves ^a,b,c   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^b   Richner, Nina ^a   Walter, Thomas ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cutting; Field invertebrates; Grasshopper; Grassland management; Haying

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EMIGRATION; GRASS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; HAY; INSECT; MEADOW; MORTALITY; MOWING; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGE;

INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 78650737802     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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