Insect rarity, extinction and conservation in urban Rome (Italy): A 120-year-long study of tenebrionid beetles

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-315

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coleoptera Tenebrionidae; Rarity measures; Urban ecology; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054067465     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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