Set-aside promotes insect and plant diversity in a Central European country

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 296-301

  Kovács Hostyánszki, Anikó ^a   Korösi, Ádám ^b   Orci, Kirill Márk ^b   Batáry, Péter ^c   Báldi, András ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Bee; Butterfly; Grassland; Hungary; Orthopteran; Plant species richness; Wheat field

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENERGY CROP; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WHEAT;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; AVES; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; RHOPALOCERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79958055736     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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