The effect of habitat structure on carabid communities during the regeneration of a native Scottish forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 123-136

  Ings, T C ^a   Hartley, S E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonian pinewoods; Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); Carabidae; Habitat structure; Moorlands; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033612514     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00517-9     Document Type: Article

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