Habitat preferences of oak-feeding xylophagous beetles in a temperate woodland: Implications for forest history and management

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 553-562

  Vodka, Stepan ^a,b   Konvicka, Martin ^a,b   Cizek, Lukas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Forest management; Oak; Saproxylic; Xylophages

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WOODLAND;

BUPRESTIDAE; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS;

EID: 69249224538     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9202-1     Document Type: Article

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