Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the intensively cultivated agricultural landscape of Northern China - Implications for biodiversity conservation

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-43

  Liu, Yunhui ^a   Axmacher, Jan C ^b   Wang, Changliu ^a   Li, Liangtao ^a   Yu, Zhenrong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Carabidae; Semi natural habitat

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349121000     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2009.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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