Body size changes in ground beetle assemblages - A reanalysis of Braun et al. (2004)'s data

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 411-414

  Lövei, Gábor L ^a   Magura, Tibor ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Body size; Carabidae; Disturbance; Feeding type; Life history; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TAXONOMY;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33748587062     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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