Diversity of litter-dwelling beetles in the Ouachita highlands of Arkansas, USA (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1589-1605

  Carlton, C E ^a   Robison, H W ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera diversity; Deciduous forest litter; Endemic and disjunct species; Ouachita Mountains

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES;

UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 0032453902     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008840427909     Document Type: Article

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