Application of the mean individual biomass (MIB) of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) to assess the recovery process of the Guadiamar Green Corridor (southern Iberian Peninsula)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4131-4146

  Cárdenas, Ana M ^a   Hidalgo, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carabid beetles; Environmental assessment; MIB index; Soil fauna; Toxic spill

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; BEETLE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL SPILL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOVERY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SOIL FAUNA; TOXIN;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIAMAR BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 36148984267     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9211-5     Document Type: Article

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