Earthworms, spiders and bees as indicators of habitat quality and management in a low-input farming region - A whole farm approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-120

  Kovács Hostyánszkia, Anikó ^a   Elek, Zoltán ^b,c   Balázs, Katalin ^d   Centeri, Csaba ^d   Falusi, Eszter ^d   Jeanneret, Philippe ^f   Penksza, Károly ^d   Podmaniczky, László ^d   Szalkovszkie, Ottó ^e   Báldi, András ^a  

^a MTA ÖK Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^f AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BIOBIO project; Extensive farming; Farmland biodiversity; Grazing intensity; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

BIOBIO PROJECT; ECOLOGICAL TRAITS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EXTENSIVE FARMING; GRAZING INTENSITY; HABITAT STRUCTURES; INVERTEBRATES; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FARMS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DISPERSAL; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

HUNGARY;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84895068174     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.01.033     Document Type: Article

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