Influence of within-field position and adjoining habitat on carabid beetle assemblages in winter wheat

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-306

  Anjum Zubair, M ^a   Schmidt Entling, Martin ^b   Querner, Pascal ^a   Frank, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activity density; Carabidae; Grassy margins; Semi natural habitat; Species richness; Wildflower areas

Indexed keywords

AGONUM MUELLERI; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARPALUS RUFIPES; POECILUS CUPREUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77954497596     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2010.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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