Radio-telemetric monitoring of dispersing stag beetles: Implications for conservation

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-243

  Rink, M ^a   Sinsch, U ^a  

^a University of Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectivity of local populations; Dispersal threshold; Flight behaviour; Germany; Lucanus cervus; Radio telemetry; Weather

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEETLE; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; MONITORING; RADIOTELEMETRY;

COLEOPTERA; LUCANIDAE; LUCANUS CERVUS;

EID: 34250696976     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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