Carabid beetle and vegetation associations in the Tasmanian Eastern Tiers: Implications for conservation

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 240-249

  Michaels, Karyl ^a   Mendel, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carabid beetles; Conservation criteria; Diversity; Rarity; Representativeness; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0032287472     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC980240     Document Type: Article

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