Spatial population structure of the predatory ground beetle Carabus yaconinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the mixed farmland-woodland satoyama landscape of Japan

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-391

  Kagawa, Yoshitake ^a   Maeto, Kaoru ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult movement; Agroecosystem; Carabidae; Carabus yaconinus; Coleoptera; Conservation biological control; Ecotone; forest edge; Mark recapture; Natural enemy; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WOODLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; CARABUS YACONINUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 71949121721     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2009.049     Document Type: Article

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