Potential of short rotation coppice plantations to reinforce functional biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 435-442

  Verheyen, Kris ^a   Buggenhout, Maud ^a   Vangansbeke, Pieter ^a,b   De Dobbelaere, Anke ^c   Verdonckt, Pieter ^c   Bonte, Dries ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c Inagro vzw ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Arthropods; Functional biodiversity; Sustainability; Vegetation; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACTIVITY DENSITY; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; ARTHROPODS; FUNCTIONAL BIODIVERSITY; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; SPECIES TURNOVER; WOODY BIOMASS;

VEGETATION;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COPPICE; CROP ROTATION; INSECT; PITFALL TRAP; PLANTATION; PREDATOR; SUSTAINABILITY; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84903935352     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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