The flora and carabid beetle fauna of a mature and regenerating semi-natural oak woodland in south-east Ireland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 207-220

  Poole, A ^a   Gormally, M ^a   Sheehy Skeffington, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carabidae; County Wexford; Irish oak wood; Vegetation; Woodland structure

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

WOODLAND SITES;

ECOLOGY;

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FAUNA; FLORA; REGENERATION; WOODLAND;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

IRELAND;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; QUERCETUM; QUERCUS;

EID: 0037424968     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00442-5     Document Type: Article

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