Structural complexity of arthropod guilds is affected by the agricultural landscape heterogeneity generated by fencerows

Intensive farming imposes harsh conditions impeding the persistence of most arthropod species within crop fields. Hence, arthropods surviving the unfavourable conditions prevailing within crop fields may disperse towards nearby uncropped margins, such as fencerows. Here, we evaluate the influence of...

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Autor principal: Molina, Gonzalo A. R.
Otros Autores: Poggio, Santiago Luis, Ghersa, Claudio Marco
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