Hanging on by the tips of the tarsi: A review of the plight of the critically endangered saproxylic beetle in European forests

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-108

  Horák, Jakub ^a,b   Chobot, Karel ^c   Horáková, Jana ^b  

^a SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Commercial forestry; Cucujus haematodes; Non intervention management; Relictual occurrence; Traditional management

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTINCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA; CUCUJUS;

EID: 84857690615     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2011.09.002     Document Type: Review

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