Landscape composition, Connectivity and fragment size drive effects of grassland fragmentation on insect communities

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 387-394

  Rösch, Verena ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Scherber, Christoph ^a   Batáry, Péter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Auchenorrhyncha; Connectivity; Generalists; Germany; Herbivores; Isolation; Landscape context; Leafhoppers; Matrix; Specialists

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; INSECT; ISOLATED POPULATION; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RECOLONIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GERMANY;

ARTHROPODA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CICADELLIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84875662704     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12056     Document Type: Article

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