Habitat age affects beetle diversity in wildflower areas

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 152, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-26

  Frank, Thomas ^a,b   Aeschbacher, Simone ^a   Zaller, Johann G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Coleoptera; Diversity; Plant species richness; Semi natural habitat; Succession; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BIOMASS; FIELD; FLOWER; HABITAT MOSAIC; PEST SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER; WHEAT; WILD POPULATION;

COLEOPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84858718754     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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