Diversity patterns of ground-beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) along a gradient of land-use disturbance

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 270-274

  da Silva, Pedro Martins ^a,c   Aguiar, Carlos A S ^a   Niemelä, Jari ^b   Sousa, José Paulo ^c   Serrano, Artur R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Cork oak woodlands; Ecological indicator; Ground beetles; Land use disturbance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LAND USE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONOCULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 39649105239     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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