Responses of plant, insect and spider biodiversity to local and landscape scale management intensity in cereal crops and grasslands

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-136

  Batáry, Péter ^a   Holzschuh, Andrea ^a,b   Orci, Kirill Márk ^c   Samu, Ferenc ^d   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d PLANT PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carabid beetles; Functional groups; Grasshoppers; Meadows; Organic management; Species traits; Wheat fields

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CEREAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; IMMIGRATION; INSECT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LOCAL PLANNING; ORGANIC FARMING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 81355149375     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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