Effects of grazing and biogeographic regions on grassland biodiversity in Hungary - analysing assemblages of 1200 species

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 166, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-34

  Baldi A ^a,b   Batary P ^c,d   Kleijn, D ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Arthropod; Assemblage composition; Bird; Central Europe; Plant

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; NATIONAL PLANNING; REGIONAL PATTERN; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HUNGARY;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CARABIDAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CICADELLIDAE; CURCULIONIDAE; HETEROPTERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 84891882726     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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