Nutrient richness of wood mould in tree hollows with the Scarabaeid beetle Osmoderma eremita

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-82

  Jönsson, Niklas ^a   Méndez, Marcos ^b,c   Ranius, Thomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Oak; Phosphorous; Scarabaeoidea; Wood decay

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DECOMPOSITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOOD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OSMODERMA; OSMODERMA EREMITA; QUERCUS; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 15844405235     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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