Response of ground-dwelling beetle (Coleoptera) assemblages to giant knotweed (Reynoutria spp.) invasion

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-390

  Topp, Werner ^a   Kappes, Heike ^a   Rogers, Frances ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Detritus based food web; Ecosystem functioning; Fallopia; Functional group; Microclimate; Rarefaction diversity; Staphylinidae; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROCLIMATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC CASCADE; WEED;

ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FALLOPIA SACHALINENSIS; REYNOUTRIA; STAPHYLINIDAE; URTICA;

EID: 41149134825     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9137-6     Document Type: Article

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