The influence of landscape context on flora and arthropod fauna of winter cereal fields

Authors

  • Anikó Kovács Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Institute for Zoology; Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology
  • Péter Batáry Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology
  • András Báldi Hungarian Natural History Museum and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Animal Ecology Research Group

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56617/tl.4370

Keywords:

cereal field, plant, spider, ground-active beetle, bee, landscape context, landscape diversity

Abstract

The effects of cultivation and landscape were studied on winter cereal fields in the Kiskunság National Park and surroundings. Botanical survey was conducted, spiders, ground-active beetles and bees were sampled with traps. To study the effects of landscape we determined the landscape diversity in 500-meter radius zone of the sampling points. According to statistical analyses the landscape diversity had positive impact on plants and negative impact on arthropods. There were higher diversity and abundance in the edge of the cereal fields than in the centre region.

Author Biography

  • Anikó Kovács, Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Institute for Zoology; Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology

    corresponding author
    kovacsanko@freemail.hu

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Published

2007-07-18

Issue

Section

Tanulmányok, eredeti közlemények

How to Cite

The influence of landscape context on flora and arthropod fauna of winter cereal fields. (2007). JOURNAL OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY | TÁJÖKOLÓGIAI LAPOK , 5(1), 151-160. https://doi.org/10.56617/tl.4370

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