Grazing impacts on Auchenorrhyncha diversity and abundance on a Scottish upland estate

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-74

  Littlewood, Nick A ^a   Pakeman, Robin J ^a   Pozsgai, Gabor ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle grazing; Grassland; Grazing experiment; Hemiptera; Insect; Leafhopper; Plant bug; Scotland; Sheep grazing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855735340     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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