Field scale organic farming does not counteract landscape effects on butterfly trait composition

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 158, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-71

  Jonason, Dennis ^a   Andersson, Georg K S ^b   Öckinger, Erik ^a   Smith, Henrik G ^b   Bengtsson, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Farming system; Farmland biodiversity; Species traits; Time since transition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUTTERFLY; DISPERSAL; HOST PLANT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOBILITY; ORGANIC FARMING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84862571803     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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