How does pollution affect insect diversity? A study on bark beetle entomofauna of two pine forests in Greece

Journal of Biological Research

Volumn 13, Issue , 2010, Pages 67-74

  Kalapanida Kantartzi, Maria ^a   Milonas, Dionissis N ^b   Buchelos, Constantin T ^b   Avtzis, Dimitrios N ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Diversity; Pine forest; Scolytinae; Shannon Weiner Diversity Index

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCOLYTINAE; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 77954163091     PISSN: 1790045X     EISSN: 1790045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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