Distribution of ground beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Carabidae) around sour gas processing plants in western Canada

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-173

  Cárcamo, Héctor A ^a,b   Parkinson, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ground beetles; Liming; Pine forest; Sulphur contamination

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFUR;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0344995261     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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