Carabid beetle assemblages along urban to rural gradients: A review

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-71

  Niemelä, Jari ^a   Kotze, D Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carabid beetles; City; Globenet; Urban rural gradient; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; URBAN PLANNING;

CARABID BEETLES; CITY; GLOBENET; URBAN-RURAL GRADIENTS; URBANISATION;

RURAL AREAS;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; RURAL AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; EDMONTON; NORTH AMERICA;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 67649791955     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.05.016     Document Type: Review

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