The effects of forest patch size and matrix type on changes in carabid beetle assemblages in an urbanized landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2585-2596

  Gaublomme, Eva ^a,b   Hendrickx, Frederik ^a,b   Dhuyvetter, Hilde ^a   Desender, Konjev ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Fragmentation; Habitat affinity; Landscape ecology; Species diversity; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCH SIZE; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 52049125465     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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