Shifts in habitat associations of dung beetles in northern Spain: Climate change implications

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-337

  Menéndez, Rosa ^a   Gutiérrez, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dung bettles; Habitat shifts; Microclimate gradients; Northern Spain

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HABITAT USE; VEGETATION TYPE;

CANTABRIA; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PICOS DE EUROPA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 6044270520     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682840     Document Type: Article

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