An investigation into the relationship between water beetle (Coleoptera) distribution and land cover in Scotland and northeast England

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1835-1849

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

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land cover; Multivariate analyses; Northeast England; Satellite data; Scotland; Water beetles

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BEETLE; LAND COVER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORDINATION; SPECIES POOL; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

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

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0345735950     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-0270.2003.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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