Mobility and microhabitat utilization in a flightless wetland grasshopper, Chorthippus montanus (Charpentier, 1825)

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-390

  Weyer, Jessica ^a   Weinberger, Jasmin ^a   Hochkirch, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat preferences; Mark recapture; Microhabitat use; Orthoptera; Wetland conservation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MICROHABITAT; MOBILITY; POPULATION SIZE; WETLAND;

CHORTHIPPUS MONTANUS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 84860999790     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-011-9423-6     Document Type: Article

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