Ski trail effects on a beetle (coleoptera: Carabidae, elateridae) community in Vermont

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-159

  Strong, Allan M ^a   Dickert, Catherine A ^a,b   Bell, Ross T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Los Banos Wildlife Area   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal barriers; Edge effects; Fragmentation; Montane forests; Skiing

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; AGONUM; AGONUM CUPRIPENNE; AGONUM RETRACTUM; AMARA; CALATHUS; CALATHUS INGRATUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORACINUS; ELATERIDAE; PICEA; PLATYNUS; PLATYNUS DECENTIS; POECILUS; PTEROSTICHUS; PTEROSTICHUS ADSTRICTUS; PTEROSTICHUS BREVICORNIS; PTEROSTICHUS CORACINUS; PTEROSTICHUS PUNCTATISSIMUS; SPHAERODERUS; SPHAERODERUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0038323335     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023223532149     Document Type: Article

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