Effects of liming on the coleoptera, hemiptera, araneae and opiliones of catchment Wetlands in Wales

Biological Conservation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-57

  Buckton, Sebastian T ^a   Ormerod, S J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneae; Coleoptera; conservation; Hemiptera; liming; mires; Opiliones; Wales

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; LIMING; MIRE;

UK, WALES;

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HYDROPHILIDAE; LINYPHIIDAE; LYCOSIDAE; OPILIONES; TETRAGNATHIDAE; VELIIDAE;

EID: 0030621263     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00083-3     Document Type: Article

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