Habitat age increases reproduction and nutritional condition in a generalist arthropod predator

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-83

  Barone, Mario ^a   Frank, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Poecilus cupreus; Secondary succession; Semi natural habitats; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY CONDITION; HABITAT QUALITY; NUTRITION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; POECILUS; POECILUS CUPREUS; PTEROSTICHUS; PTEROSTICHUS CUPREUS;

EID: 0037358824     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1175-2     Document Type: Article

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