Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Assemblages of Restored Semi-natural Habitats and Intensively Cultivated Fields in Northern China

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-239

  Liu, Yunhui ^a   Axmacher, Jan C ^b   Wang, Changliu ^a   Li, Liangtao ^a   Yu, Zhenrong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agro pastoral landscape; Carabidae; Diversity; Habitat restoration; Northern China; Reafforestation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE; PASTORALISM; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

CHINA;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84863266755     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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