Response of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and spiders (Araneae) to coastal heathland succession

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1469-1482

  Schirmel, Jens ^a   Buchholz, Sascha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Calluna heath; Environmental change; Grey dunes; Ground beetles; Indicator species

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DUNE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEATHLAND; PITFALL TRAP; SPIDER; SUCCESSION;

GERMANY; HIDDENSEE; MECKLENBURG-WEST POMERANIA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CALLUNA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 79956154948     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0038-8     Document Type: Article

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