Investigating environmental variation and landscape characteristics of an urban-rural gradient using woodland carabid assemblages

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1126-1138

  Sadler, J P ^a   Small, E C ^b   Fiszpan, H ^a   Telfer, M G ^c   Niemela J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Forestry Commission Wales   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body size; Carabidae; Disturbance; Environmental gradient; Fragmentation; Generalized Linear Modelling; Median weight length; Redundancy Analysis; Species traits; UK

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; NICHE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBURBAN AREA; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); URBAN AREA;

ALABAMA; BIRMINGHAM [ALABAMA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; QUERCUS;

EID: 33646781945     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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