Trophic level modulates carabid beetle responses to habitat and landscape structure: A pan-European study

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-235

  Vanbergen, Adam J ^a   Woodcock, Ben A ^a   Koivula, Matti ^b   Niemelä, Jari ^c   Kotze, D Johan ^c   Bolger, Tom ^d   Golden, Valerie ^d   Dubs, Florence ^e   Boulanger, Guillaume ^e   Serrano, Jose ^f   Lencina, José Luís ^f   Serrano, Artur ^g   Aguiar, Carlos ^g   Grandchamp, Anne Catherine ^h   Stofer, Silvia ^h   Szél, Gyözö ⁱ   Ivits, Eva ^j   Adler, Petra ^k   Markus, Jochum ^k   Watt, Allan D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^h SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^j JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Granivore; Ground beetle; Herbivore; Predator; Trophic rank

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRANIVORY; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77951189194     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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