Ecological requirements of a rare saproxylic beetle Cucujus haematodes- the beetles' stronghold on the edge of its distribution area

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-88

  Horák, Jakub ^a,b   Zaitsev, Artem A ^c   Vávrová, Eva ^a  

^a Department of Biodiversity Indicators   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Altitudinal distribution; Asian Russia; Coleoptera; Cucujidae; Far east; Forest succession; Guild analysis; Host trees; Phenology; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953776431     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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