Using functional traits to quantify the value of plant communities to invertebrate ecosystem service providers in arable landscapes

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-46

  Storkey, Jonathan ^a   Brooks, David ^a   Haughton, Alison ^a   Hawes, Cathy ^b   Smith, Barbara M ^c   Holland, John M ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Ecosystem services; Farmland birds; Leaf dry matter content; Palatability; Plant herbivore interactions; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DRY MATTER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF AREA; PALATABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNERGISM; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871475255     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12020     Document Type: Article

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