Different responses of bees and hoverflies to land use in an urban-rural gradient show the importance of the nature of the rural land use

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-41

  Verboven, Hans A F ^a   Uyttenbroeck, Roel ^a   Brys, Rein ^a,b   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agricultural area; Biodiversity; Insects; Landscape matrix; Pollination; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; RURAL AREAS;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL SITES; INSECTS; POLLINATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TAXONOMIC GROUPS; URBAN-RURAL GRADIENTS; URBANIZATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; FLY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84899935597     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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