How good are carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) as indicators of invertebrate abundance and order richness?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 763-779

  Cameron, Katherine H ^a   Leather, Simon R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bare ground; Biodiversity; Carabid beetles; Heathland; Indicator species; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HEATHLAND; PATCH SIZE; PITFALL TRAP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856958613     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0215-9     Document Type: Article

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