Successful overwintering of arthropods in roadside verges

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 511-522

  Schaffers, André P ^a   Raemakers, Ivo P ^a   Sykora K V ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Araneae; Carabidae; Conservation value; Curculionidae; Grassland; Hibernation; Insect bio survey; Life cycle

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOTOPE; CONSERVATION STATUS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; ROAD; SEASONALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUMMER;

EUROPE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 84864277850     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-011-9437-0     Document Type: Article

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