Does native invertebrate diversity reflect native plant diversity? A case study from New Zealand and implications for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-220

  Crisp, Philippa N ^a   Dickinson, K J M ^a   Gibbs, G W ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological conservation; Coleoptera; Ecological survey; New Zealand; Rapid inventory

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONSERVATION; INTRODUCED PLANT; NATIVE PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, SOUTH COAST;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032008282     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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