The value of open power line habitat in conservation of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) associated with mires

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-177

  Hollmen, Antti ^a,b   Välimäki, Panu ^a   Itämies, Juhani ^a   Oksanen, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Bioindication; Carabid assemblages; Draining of mires; Rarity indices

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; BIOINDICATOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; RARITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 40149086993     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9076-7     Document Type: Article

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