Effects of Crofton weed Ageratina adenophora on assemblages of Carabidae (Coleoptera) in the Yunnan Province, South China

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 173-178

  Gu, Weibin ^a,c   Sang, Weiguo ^a   Liang, Hongbin ^b   Axmacher, Jan C ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageratina adenophora; Biodiversity; Carabidae; Pasture; Plant invasion

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INVASIVE SPECIES; RARITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LANCANG; YUNNAN;

AGERATINA; AGERATINA ADENOPHORA; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARPALUS; TETRAGONODERUS;

EID: 39649084437     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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