Grazed vegetation mosaics do not maximize arthropod diversity: Evidence from salt marshes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 164, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-157

  Klink, Roel van ^a   Rickert, Corinna ^b   Vermeulen, Rikjan ^c   Vorst, Oscar ^d   WallisDeVries, Michiel F ^e,f   Bakker, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Stichting WBBS Foundation WB Biological Station   (Netherlands)

^d European Invertebrate Survey Nederland   (Netherlands)

^e DUTCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (Netherlands)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beetles; Grassland; Habitat heterogeneity; Invertebrates; Patch grazing; Species richness; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HETEROGENEITY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCKING DENSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84879444068     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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