The search for common anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity: A global network

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-9

  Niemelä, Jari ^h   Kotze, Johan ^h   Ashworth, Allan ^a   Brandmayr, Pietro ^b   Desender, Konjev ^c   New, Tim ^d   Penev, Lyubomir ^e   Samways, Michael ^f   Spence, John ^g  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Carabidae; Global trends; Pitfall traps; Urban rural gradients

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0034031746     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009655127440     Document Type: Article

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