Isolating the components of activity-density for the carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius in farmland

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 103-112

  Thomas, C F G ^a   Parkinson, L ^a   Marshall, E J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Mark recapture; Metapopulation; Pitfall trap; Population density

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEETLE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS;

EID: 0031679413     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050568     Document Type: Article

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