Bionomics and distribution of the stag beetle, Lucanus cervus (L.) across Europe

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-38

  Harvey, Deborah J ^a   Gange, Alan C ^a   Hawes, Colin J ^a   Rink, Markus ^b   Abdehalden, Michele ^b   Al Fulaij, Nida ^b   Asp, Therese ^b   Ballerio, Alberto ^b   Bartolozzi, Luca ^b   Brustel, Hervé ^b   Cammaerts, Roger ^b   Maria Carpaneto, Giuseppe ^b   Cederberg, Bjorn ^b   Chobot, Karel ^b   Cianferoni, Fabio ^b   Drumont, Alain ^b   Ellwanger, Götz ^b   Ferreira, Sónia ^b   Grosso Silva, José Manuel ^b   Gueorguiev, Borislav ^b   Harvey, William ^b   Hendriks, Paul ^b   Istrate, Petru ^b   Jansson, Nicklas ^b   Jelaska, Lucija Šerić ^b   Jendek, Eduard ^b   Jović, Miloš ^b   Kervyn, Thierry ^b   Krenn, Harald W ^b   Kretschmer, Klaus ^b   Legakis, Anastasios ^b   Lelo, Suvad ^b   Moretti, Marco ^b   Merkl, Otto ^b   Megia Palma, Rodrigo ^b   Neculiseanu, Zaharia ^b   Rabitsch, Wolfgang ^b   Merino Rodríguez, Santiago ^b   Smit, John T ^b   Smith, Matthew ^b   Sprecher Uebersax, Eva ^b   Telnov, Dmitry ^b   Thomaes, Arno ^b   Thomsen, Philip F ^b   Tykarski, Piotr ^b   Vrezec, Al ^b   Werner, Sebastian ^b   Zach, Peter ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

European distribution; Habitat associations; Life history characteristics; Lucanus cervus; Predation; Size variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651113498     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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