Effects of some ecological variables on carabid communities in native and non native forests in the Ibaizabal basin (Basque Country: Spain)

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Martínez, Adoración ^a   Iturrondobeitia, Juan Carlos ^b   Goldarazena, Arturo ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carabid beetles; Ecological variables; Forest habitats; Forest management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HOMOGENEITY; NICHE OVERLAP; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBAIZABAL BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 64549154497     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009003     Document Type: Article

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