Litter-dwelling beetles in primeval forests of Central Europe: Does deadwood matter?

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-239

  Topp, Werner ^a   Kappes, Heike ^a   Kulfan, Jan ^b   Zach, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Coleoptera; Forest floor; Soil chemistry; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; LEAF LITTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODY DEBRIS;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

COLEOPTERA; FAGUS;

EID: 33746111132     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-005-3814-5     Document Type: Article

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