Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) on set-aside fields in the Campine region and their importance for nature conservation in Flanders (Belgium)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1485-1493

  Desender, Konjev ^a   Bosmans, Robert ^b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b Afdeling Natuur   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Diversity, 'Red list' species; Regional nature conservation; Set aside fields; Traditionally managed arable fields

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SET-ASIDE;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0032464943     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008813102410     Document Type: Article

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