Trait-specific effects of habitat isolation on carabid species richness and community composition in managed grasslands

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-18

  Wamser, Sabine ^a   Diekötter, Tim ^a   Boldt, Luise ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a   Dauber, Jens ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries vTI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Connectivity; Corridors; Dispersal potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855724456     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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