Fungus-infected trees as islands in boreal forest: Spatial distribution of the fungivorous beetle Bolitophagus reticulatus (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 486-493

  Sverdrup Thygeson, Anne ^a,b   Midtgaard, Fred ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Forestry Association   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bolitophagus reticulatus; Boreal forest; Coleoptera; Conservation; Habitat islands; Metapopulation; Wood rotting fungi

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FOREST; FUNGUS; METAPOPULATION; PATCH SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORWAY;

BOLITOPHAGUS; BOLITOPHAGUS RETICULATUS; COLEOPTERA; FOMES FOMENTARIUS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0032453547     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682486     Document Type: Article

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