Habitat disturbance and hydrological parameters determine the body size and reproductive strategy of alluvial ground beetles

ZooKeys

Volumn 100, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 353-370

  Gerisch, Michael ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem processes; Environmental variability; Floodplain; Life history traits; Species sorting; Trait shifts

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 79959956969     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.100.1427     Document Type: Article

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