Effects of forest roads on spatial distribution of boreal carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-487

  Koivula, Matti J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ROAD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CALATHUS MICROPTERUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PERCIFORMES; PTEROSTICHUS NIGER;

EID: 31844447854     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/815.1     Document Type: Article

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