Beetle diversity and historical ecology of woodlands in Flanders

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-155

  Desender, Konjev ^a   Ervynck, Anton ^b   Tack, Guido ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b Inst Archaeo Her Flemish Comm   (Belgium)

^c Bestuur Monumenten en Landschappen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abax ater; Ancient woodland indicators; Archaeology; Biodiversity; Deforestation events; Dispersal power; Ground beetles (Carabidae); Habitat fragmentation; Historical ecology; Population genetics; Region of Flanders; Wood exploitation; Woodland; Woodland area

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; WOODLAND;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

ABAX ATER; ABAX PARALLELEPIPEDUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ROMAN;

EID: 0032771285     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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