The importance of urban reserves for conserving beetle communities: A case study from New Zealand

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-58

  Watts, Corinne H ^a   Larivière, Marie Claude ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beetle assemblages; Habitat fragmentation; New Zealand; Urban reserves

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PITFALL TRAP; PROTECTED AREA;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAITAKERE;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 2942633037     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICO.0000027504.92727.ab     Document Type: Article

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