Epiedaphic Coleoptera in the Dadia forest reserve (Thrace, Greece): The effect of human activities on community organization patterns

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-133

  Argyropoulou, Maria D ^a   Karris, George ^a   Papatheodorou, Efi M ^a   Stamou, George P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Community structure; Cultivation; Diversity; Grazing; Indicator species

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

DADIA FOREST RESERVE; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVROS; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THRACE;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 31944440502     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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