Predation rates on semi-natural grasslands depend on adjacent habitat type

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 614-621

  Schneider, Gudrun ^a   Krauss, Jochen ^a   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Edge effects; Functional spillover; Ground dwelling predators; Habitat fragmentation; Land use change; Landscape ecology; Nature conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885431460     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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