Restoration of beech forest for saproxylic beetles-effects of habitat fragmentation and substrate density on species diversity and distribution

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2387-2404

  Brunet, Jörg ^a   Isacsson, Gunnar ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Forest Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beech snags; Coarse woody debris; Dispersal limitation; Red listed species; Southern sweden; Window traps

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

COLEOPTERA; FAGUS;

EID: 70350618632     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9595-5     Document Type: Article

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