Birds and butterflies respond to soil-induced habitat heterogeneity in experimental plantings of tallgrass prairie species managed as agroenergy crops in Iowa, USA

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1176-1187

  Myers, Mark C ^a   Mason, James T ^a   Hoksch, Benjamin J ^a   Cambardella, Cynthia A ^b   Pfrimmer, Jarrett D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Department of Natural Resource Management South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural biodiversity; Avian ecology; Biofuel; Community ecology; Disturbance; Edaphic variation; Grassland restoration; Habitat use; Lepidoptera; Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; PRAIRIE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84941186724     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12503     Document Type: Article

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