Impact of different grazing systems on diversity, abundance and biomass of beetles (Coleoptera), a study from southern Namibia

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-143

  Vohland, Katrin ^a   Uhlig, Manfred ^a   Marais, Eugène ^b   Hoffmann, Anke ^a   Zeller, Ulrich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b National Museum of Namibia   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carabidae; Indicators; Nama Karoo; Scarabaeidae; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957884856     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.200510008     Document Type: Article

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