Pollinator insects benefit from rotational fallows

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-36

  Kuussaari, Mikko ^a   Hyvönen, Terho ^b   Härmä, Oskari ^c  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Butterfly; Day active moth; Farmland biodiversity; Honey bee; Set aside experiment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUTTERFLY; CROP ROTATION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FALLOW; FIELD; GRASS; HONEYBEE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MOTH; POLLINATOR; SEED; SET-ASIDE; SOWING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TILLAGE;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; APIS MELLIFERA; FESTUCA OVINA; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 80052783774     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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