Wildlife habitat strips and native forest ground-active beetle assemblages in plantation nodes in northeast Tasmania

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-343

  Grove, Simon ^a   Yaxley, Belinda ^a  

^a FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carabid assemblages; Forestry; Wildlife corridors

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33747040252     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2005.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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