Decline in the diversity of willow trunk-dwelling weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) as a result of urban expansion in Beijing, China

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-377

  Su, Zhimin ^a,c   Zhang, Runzhi ^a   Qiu, Jiangxiao ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fragmentation; Impervious surface; Isolation; Partial least squares regression; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NATURE CONSERVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CURCULIONOIDEA; SALIX;

EID: 79953706883     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9310-6     Document Type: Article

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