α- and β-diversity in moth communities in salt marshes is driven by grazing management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-31

  Rickert, C ^a   Fichtner, A ^a   van Klink, R ^b   Bakker, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Additive diversity partitioning; GEE; Microlepidoptera; Plant diversity; Small scale; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MOTH; SALTMARSH; SHEEP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCKING DENSITY;

GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROLEPIDOPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84857451096     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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