The relationship between the classification of Scottish ground beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and the National Vegetation Classification of British plant communities

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 602-616

  Blake, Shona ^a   McCracken, David I ^a   Eyre, Michael D ^b   Garside, Adam ^c   Foster, Garth N ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Entomological Monitoring Services   (United Kingdom)

^c 14 Kinloch St ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0344100103     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03491.x     Document Type: Article

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