Species diversity of carabid beetles in desert-steppe in Yanchi of Ningxia, China

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 923-932

  He, Qi ^a   Wang, Xinpu ^a   Yang, Guijun ^a  

^a NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carabid beetle; CCA; Desert steppe; Environmental variables

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DESERT; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRASS; HERB; PHYTOMASS; SEASONALITY; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; STEPPE; TAXONOMY; TRANSECT;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON MONGOLICUM; CARABIDAE; CARAGANA; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA; COLEOPTERA; CYNANCHUM; CYNANCHUM KOMAROVII; HARPALUS; HEXAPODA; PTEROSTICHUS; SCOPARIA; STIPA BUNGEANA;

EID: 79952811167     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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