Activity of flying beetles (coleoptera) at two heights in canopy gaps and intact forests in a hardwood forest in Quebec

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 515-520

  Schroeder, Briana ^a   Buddle, Christopher M ^a   Saint Germain, Michel ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CANOPY GAP; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST EDGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; UNDERSTORY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; COLEOPTERA; FAGACEAE; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 77649253592     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n09-022     Document Type: Article

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