Changes in carabid beetle assemblages along an urbanisation gradient in the city of Debrecen, Hungary

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 747-759

  Magura, T ^a   Tothmeresz B ^b   Molnar T ^b  

^a Hortobágy Natl Pk Direct   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carabid beetles; GlobeNet; Human disturbance; Increased disturbance hypothesis; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Mean body size hypothesis; Species richness; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DEBRECEN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAJDU-BIHAR; HUNGARY; WORLD;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; QUERCUS;

EID: 14644424653     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-005-1128-4     Document Type: Article

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