Response of saprophagous wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to severe habitat loss due to logging in an aspen-dominated boreal landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 573-586

  Saint Germain, Michel ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Biodiversity; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Saproxylic insects; Snags

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LOGGING (TIMBER); SNAG;

ANTHOPHYLAX ATTENUATUS; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79953071147     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9587-1     Document Type: Article

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