Time-consistent rearrangement of carabid beetle assemblages by an urbanisation gradient in Hungary

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-243

  Magura, Tibor ^a   Lövei, Gábor L ^b   Tóthmérész, Béla ^c  

^a UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

GLOBENET; Habitat alteration hypothesis; Increased disturbance hypothesis; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Species richness; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST; HABITAT SELECTION; HERB; INSECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBANIZATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DEBRECEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAJDU-BIHAR; HUNGARY;

ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 51249083233     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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