Hedgerow trees and extended-width field margins enhance macro-moth diversity: Implications for management

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1396-1404

  Merckx, Thomas ^a,b   Marini, Lorenzo ^c,d   Feber, Ruth E ^a   MacDonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Biodiversity Action Plan priority species; Conservation status; Farmland biodiversity; Farmland restoration ecology; Farmland rewilding; Feeding guild; Lepidoptera; Moth mobility; Multiple spatial scales

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOBILITY; MOTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84870367350     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02211.x     Document Type: Article

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