Carabid beetle diversity and mean individual biomass in beech forests of various ages

ZooKeys

Volumn 100, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 393-405

  Jelaska, Lucija Šerić ^a   Dumbović, Vlatka ^b   Kučinić, Mladen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b State Institute for Nature Protection   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Beech forests succession; Carabid beetles; MIB; Over wintering stages; Papuk Nature Park

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; CARABUS CORIACEUS; COLEOPTERA; FAGUS;

EID: 79959985316     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.100.1536     Document Type: Article

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