Recent trends in UK insects that inhabit early successional stages of ecosystems

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 636-646

  Thomas, Jeremy A ^a   Edwards, Mike ^b   Simcox, David J ^a   Powney, Gary D ^c   August, Tom A ^c   Isaac, Nick J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grassland; Heathland; Insect conservation; Land management; Vegetation structure; Woodland

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMERGENCE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HEATHLAND; INSECT; LAND MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; MICROCLIMATE; PREDICTION; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84931570918     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12527     Document Type: Article

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