The successional change of hollow oaks affects their suitability for an inhabiting beetle, Osmoderma eremita

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-216

  Ranius, Thomas ^a   Svensson, Glenn P ^b   Berg, Niclas ^a   Niklasson, Mats ^a   Larsson, Mattias C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SUCCESSION;

COLEOPTERA; OSMODERMA EREMITA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 69249149709     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.046.0305     Document Type: Article

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