Landscape patterns of species-level association between ground-beetles and overstory trees in boreal forests of western Canada (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

ZooKeys

Volumn 147, Issue , 2011, Pages 577-600

  Bergeron, J A Colin ^a   Spence, John R ^a   Volney, W Jan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity surrogates; Carabidae; Forest canopy mosaic; Landscape ecology; Regional conservation; Trees

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84856483333     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.147.2098     Document Type: Article

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