Beetle families as indicators of Coleopteran diversity in forests: A study using Malaise traps in the central mountainous region of Japan

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 479-484

  Ohsawa, Masashi ^a  

^a Yamanashi Forest Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cerambycidae; Curculionidae; Elateridae; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST; MONITORING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

JAPAN;

CERAMBYCIDAE; CLERIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; ELATERIDAE; LYCIDAE; SCOLYTINAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 77956296142     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9276-4     Document Type: Article

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