Local and landscape management drive trait-mediated biodiversity of nine taxa on small grassland fragments

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1204-1217

  Kormann, Urs ^a   Rösch, Verena ^a   Batáry, Péter ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Orci, Kirill Márk ^b   Samu, Ferenc ^c   Scherber, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Calcareous grasslands; Community dissimilarity; Connectivity; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape composition; Multitaxon approach

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MOWING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RED LIST; TAXONOMY;

GERMANY;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; CICADELLIDAE; HETEROPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 84941023675     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12324     Document Type: Article

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