Managing habitats on English farmland for insect pollinator conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 182, Issue , 2015, Pages 215-222

  Holland, John M ^a   Smith, Barbara M ^a   Storkey, Jonathan ^b   Lutman, Peter J W ^b   Aebischer, Nicholas J ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Agro ecology; Bees; Butterflies; Ecosystem services; Hoverflies; Organic farming; Pollination

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; INSECT; ORGANIC FARMING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD POPULATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

APOIDEA; AVES; HEXAPODA; LYCAENIDAE; NOMADINAE; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 84921051085     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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