Herbivore and pollinator responses to grassland management intensity along experimental changes in plant species richness

Biological Conservation

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-52

  Hudewenz, Anika ^a   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^a   Scherber, Christoph ^b   Stanke, Lea ^b   Tscharntke, Teja ^b   Vogel, Anja ^c   Weigelt, Alexandra ^d   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^e   Ebeling, Anne ^c  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bees; Ecosystem functions; Fertilization; Grasshoppers; Land use; Mowing

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOWER VISITING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MOWING; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GERMANY;

APOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84860222034     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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