Ecological restoration on farmland can drive beneficial functional responses in plant and invertebrate communities

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 62-67

  Pywell, Richard F ^a   Meek, William R ^a   Loxton, R G ^a   Nowakowski, Marek ^b   Carvell, Claire ^a   Woodcock, Ben A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wildlife Farming Company   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Beneficial arthropods; Ecosystem services; Field margin strips; Pollinators; Seed addition; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRASS; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORE; LEGUME; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SOWING; WEED; WILD POPULATION;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POACEAE;

EID: 79151476566     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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