Plant and carabid beetle species diversity in relation to forest type and structural heterogeneity

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-45

  Taboada, Ángela ^a   Tárrega, Reyes ^a   Calvo, Leonor ^a   Marcos, Elena ^a   Marcos, José Antonio ^a   Salgado, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carabid beetles; Heterogeneity; Oak forests; Pine plantations; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 77957756780     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-008-0245-3     Document Type: Article

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