"Ghosts of the past": Flightless saproxylic weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are relict species in ancient woodlands

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-102

  Buse, Jörn ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptorhynchinae; Dispersal; Habitat continuity; Landscape history; Molytinae; Woodland continuity

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FLIGHTLESSNESS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; RELICT SPECIES; WOODLAND;

GERMANY;

ACALLES; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTORHYNCHINAE; CURCULIONIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MOLYTINAE; TRACHODES;

EID: 84855496121     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-011-9396-5     Document Type: Article

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