Beetle assemblages of kahikatea forest fragments in a pasture-dominated landscape

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-67

  Harris, Richard J ^a   Burns, Bruce R ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Coleoptera; Community structure; Edge effects; Forest fragments; Indicator species; Pasture

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; HABITAT MOSAIC; PASTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0034101398     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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