Shifting average body size during regeneration after pollution - A case study using ground beetle assemblages

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 543-554

  Braun, Sascha D ^a   Jones, T Hefin ^b   Perner, Jörg ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biovolume; Body size; Carabidae; Efficiency specialisation hypothesis; Grassland regeneration; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; GRASSLAND; PITFALL TRAP; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGENERATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 5344227034     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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