Carabid (Coleoptera) assemblages in the Scottish uplands: The influence of sheep grazing on ecological structure

Entomologica Fennica

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-240

  Cole, Lorna J ^a   Pollock, Meg L ^a   Robertson, Duncan ^a   Holland, John P ^a   McCracken, David I ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33750712369     PISSN: 07858760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33338/ef.84335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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