Agroenergy Crops Influence the Diversity, Biomass, and Guild Structure of Terrestrial Arthropod Communities

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-188

  Robertson, Bruce A ^a,b   Porter, Cody ^b   Landis, Douglas A ^b   Schemske, Douglas W ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AGROECOLOGY; ARTHROPOD BIOMASS; BIO-ENERGY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; CORN FIELDS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST COVER; HABITAT STRUCTURES; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCH SIZE; PLANTINGS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SWITCHGRASS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; CONSERVATION; CROPS; FEEDSTOCKS;

BIOMASS;

ARTHROPODA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857629232     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-011-9161-3     Document Type: Article

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