Comparison of the body size and wing form of carabid species (coleoptera: Carabidae) between isolated and continuous forest habitats

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-338

  Jelaska, Lucija S˘eric ^a   Durbes˘ić, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Body size; Carabid beetles; Continuity; Fragmentation; Isolation; Karst; Wing form

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77952044916     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2009.10697618     Document Type: Article

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