Distribution of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) across a forest-grassland ecotone in Southwestern China

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 348-355

  Yu, Xiao Dong ^a   Luo, Tian Hong ^a   Zhou, Hong Zhang ^a   Yang, Jian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Wolong Natural Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Diversity; Edge effect; Forest edge; Forest grassland ecotone

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; ECOTONE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; GRASSLAND; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 34249090161     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[348:DOCBCC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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