Wing loading and habitat selection in forest beetles: Are red-listed species poorer dispersers or more habitat-specific than common congenerics?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-260

  Gibb, H ^a   Hjalten J ^a   Ball, John P ^a   Pettersson, R B ^a   Landin, J ^a   Alvini, O ^a   Danell, K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat selection; Habitat specificity; Red listed beetles; Wing loading

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT SELECTION; RED LIST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

COLEOPTERA; EPURAEA; FOMITOPSIS PINICOLA; TACHINUS;

EID: 33745330904     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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