The effects of forestry on carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in boreal forests

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-18

  Niemelä, Jari ^a   Koivula, Matti ^b   Kotze, D Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Carabidae; Forest management

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33947202656     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9014-0     Document Type: Article

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