Impacts of leaf-litter addition on carabids in a conifer plantation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 475-491

  Magura, Tibor ^a   Tóthmérész, Béla ^a   Elek, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carabid beetles; Diversity; Environmental conditions; Habitat heterogeneity; Nature management

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LEAF LITTER; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; WORLD;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; PICEA ABIES; PTEROSTICHUS OBLONGOPUNCTATUS;

EID: 15244362091     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-7307-8     Document Type: Article

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