Carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a forest patchwork: A connectivity analysis of the Bereg Plain landscape graph

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1527-1539

  Jordán, Ferenc ^a,b   Magura, Tibor ^c   Tóthmérész, Béla ^d   Vasas, Vera ^e   Ködöböcz, Viktor ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^e EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Connectivity; Directed graph; Hungary; Isolation; Landscape graph; Reachability

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONNECTIVITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; PATCHINESS; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION SIZE;

BEREG PLAIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; UKRAINE;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 35848939195     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9149-8     Document Type: Article

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