Comparison of ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in rocky mountain savannas invaded and un-invaded by an exotic forb, spotted knapweed

Northwest Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 348-360

  Hansen, Allison K ^a,b   Ortega, Yvette K ^c   Six, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT QUALITY; HOMOGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; OMNIVORY; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CARABIDAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77953703707     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.083.0406     Document Type: Article

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