The relationship between British ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and land cover

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 719-730

  Eyre, M D ^a   Luff, M L ^a   Staley, J R ^a   Telfer, M G ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Great Britain; Ground beetles; Land cover; Multivariate analyses; Satellite data

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; LAND COVER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0037854784     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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