Carabid movement and vegetation density: Implications for interpreting pitfall trap data from split-field trials

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 51-61

  Thomas, C F G ^a,b   Brown, N J ^a   Kendall, D A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Seale Hayne Agricultural Ecology Group   (United Kingdom)

^c Kendall Bioresearch Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity density; Carabidae: Pterostichus melanarius; Dispersal; GM; MRR; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; DISPERSAL; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS;

EID: 32144437942     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.08.033     Document Type: Article

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