Habitat use and movement patterns in the endangered ground beetle species, Carabus olympiae (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-112

  Negro, Matteo ^a   Casale, Achille ^b   Migliore, Luca ^a   Palestrini, Claudia ^a   Rolando, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Endemic species; Habitat use; Pitfall trapping; Radio tracking

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENTOMOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; PHENOLOGY; PITFALL TRAP; RADIOTELEMETRY;

CARABIDAE; CARABUS OLYMPIAE; COLEOPTERA; FAGUS; HEXAPODA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM; STENO; TURCICA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 45849116574     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.015     Document Type: Article

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