Limiting factors in the restoration of UK grassland beetle assemblages

Biological Conservation

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-143

  Woodcock, B A ^a   Bullock, J M ^a   Mortimer, S R ^b   Pywell, R F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous; Food web; Functional traits; Lowland grassland; Mesotrophic; Meta analysis; Recreation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COLONIZATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; HOST PLANT; LIMITING FACTOR; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; META-ANALYSIS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84857457029     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.11.033     Document Type: Article

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