Density and nutritional condition of carabid beetles in wildflower areas of different age

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 120, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 377-383

  Frank, Thomas ^a   Kehrli, Patrik ^b   Germann, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agonum m lleri; Anchomenus dorsalis; Anisodactylus binotatus; Poecilus cupreus; Pterostichus vernalis; Semi natural habitats

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANGIOSPERM; BEETLE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AGONUM; ANISODACTYLUS BINOTATUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; POECILUS CUPREUS; PTEROSTICHUS VERNALIS;

EID: 33846807804     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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