Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: The ground beetle communities of woody uncultivated habitats

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1549-1561

  Petit, Sandrine ^a,c   Usher, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Dispersal corridors; Grazing intensity; Ground beetles; Landscape connectivity; Linear features; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; GRAZING; WOODLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032464144     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008875403868     Document Type: Article

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