Beetle assemblages in ponds: Effects of habitat and site age

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 523-534

  Fairchild, G Winfield ^a   Faulds, Ann M ^a   Matta, James F ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Mitigation; Size structure; Succession; Trophic guild; Water beetles; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0033920073     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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