Population ecology of the rare carabid beetle Carabus variolosus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in north-west Germany

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 591-601

  Matern, Andrea ^a   Drees, Claudia ^a   Meyer, Hartmut ^a   Assmann, Thorsten ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient woodland; Extinction risk; Flood plain forest; Natura 2000; Population size

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HIBERNATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

CARABIDAE; CARABUS VARIOLOSUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 53549114183     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9096-3     Document Type: Article

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