Coleoptera in a relict forest of Spain: Implications of hyperdiverse taxa for conservation strategies

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 402-410

  Baselga, Andrés ^a   Novoa, Francisco ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; Atlantic forest; Coleoptera; Conservation; Richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; EXTINCTION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 40949153056     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[402:CIARFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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