Landscape matrix modifies richness of plants and insects in grassland fragments

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-267

  Öckinger, Erik ^a   Lindborg, Regina ^b   Sjödin, N Erik ^a   Bommarco, Riccardo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MATRIX; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84855465190     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06870.x     Document Type: Article

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