Ground-dwelling beetle assemblages in the northern Cape Floristic Region: Patterns, correlates and implications

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-224

  Botes, A ^a   McGeoch, M A ^a   Chown, S L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Beetle assemblage; Cape Floristic Region; Species environment relationship

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION TYPE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33847347618     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01681.x     Document Type: Article

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