Leaf litter and the small-scale distribution of carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the boreal forest

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 424-435

  Koivula, Matti ^a   Punttila, Pekka ^b   Haila, Yrjö ^c   Niemelä, Jari ^a  

^a Div of Population Biology ^*  (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FINLAND;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 0032867249     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00579.x     Document Type: Article

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