Biodiversity of coleoptera and the importance of habitat structural features in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 964-975

  Apigian, Kyle O ^a,b   Dahlsten, Donald L ^a   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Leaf litter beetles; Pitfall trapping; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MIXED FOREST; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33750201471     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.4.964     Document Type: Article

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