Revegetation of farmland restores function and composition of epigaeic beetle assemblages

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 677-687

  Gibb, H ^a,b   Cunningham, S A ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Coleoptera; Community; Restoration; Trophic; Woodland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 76649095969     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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