Diversity of carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae) within two Dutch cereal fields and their boundaries

Baltic Journal of Coleopterology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-50

  Saska, Pavel ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diversity estimators; Ground beetles; Overwintering; Rarefaction

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CEREAL; FIELD; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; GELDERLAND; NETHERLANDS; WAGENINGEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34548507465     PISSN: 14078619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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