Distribution of ground-dwelling beetles in fragmented tropical habitats

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-139

  Gormley, Lorraine H L ^a,b   Furley, Peter A ^a   Watt, Allan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Coleoptera; Costa Rica; Fragmentation; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANTATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

COLEOPTERA; GMELINA ARBOREA;

EID: 34147172438     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9026-9     Document Type: Article

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