Spatial dynamics of beetles living on exposed riverine sediments in the upper River Severn: Method development and preliminary results

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-174

  Bates, A J ^a   Sadler, J P ^a   Fowles, A P ^b   Butcher, C R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Plas Penrhos ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bembidion atrocaeruleum; Bembidion decorum; Fleutiauxellus maritimus; Mark recapture; Metapopulation; Patchy population

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HABITAT SELECTION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SEVERN RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BEMBIDION ATROCAERULEM; BEMBIDION DECORUM; ELATERIDAE; FLEUTIAUXELLUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 15944399450     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.642     Document Type: Article

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