Carabid life-cycle strategies and climate change: A study on an altitude transect

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-16

  Butterfield, J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Carabid life cycle strategies; Climate change; Geographical distribution

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL TRANSECT; CLIMATIC CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE; MANDIBLE;

CALATHUS FUSCIPES; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; NEBRIA GYLLENHALI; NEBRIA SALINA; PTEROSTICHUS MADIDUS;

EID: 0029666897     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1996.tb00260.x     Document Type: Article

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