Biodiversity value of agricultural drainage ditches: A comparative analysis of the aquatic invertebrate fauna of ditches and small lakes

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 715-727

  Verdonschot, Ralf C M ^a   Keizer vlek, Hanneke E ^a   Verdonschot, Piet F M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Lentic ecosystems; Life history traits; Macroinvertebrates; Peatlands; Taxon richness; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATURE RESERVE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PEATLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; VOLUME;

NETHERLANDS;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 82155162465     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1220     Document Type: Article

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