Patterns in ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages along an urbanisation gradient in Denmark

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-111

  Elek, Zoltán ^a,b   Lövei, Gábor L ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Denmark; Forest species; Ground beetles; Urbanisation gradient

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GENERALIST; GREENBELT; HABITAT TYPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; ZEALAND;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 34250213232     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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