Appropriate metrics to inform farmers about species diversity

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-62

  Lüscher, Gisela ^a,b   Schneider, Manuel K ^a   Turnbull, Lindsay A ^b,c   Arndorfer, Michaela ^d   Bailey, Debra ^a   Herzog, Felix ^a   Pointereau, Philippe ^e   Richner, Nina ^a   Jeanneret, Philippe ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e SOLAGRO Initiatives and Innovations for Energy Agriculture and Environment   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural management; Bee; Earthworm; Farmland habitat; Plant; Spider

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BUMBLEBEE; EARTHWORM; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84901297618     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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