Micro and macro-habitat associations in saproxylic beetles: Implications for biodiversity management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Hjältén, Joakim ^a   Stenbacka, Fredrik ^a   Pettersson, Roger B ^a   Gibb, Heloise ^a,b   Johansson, Therese ^a   Danell, Kjell ^a   Ball, John P ^a   Hilszczański, Jacek ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HABITAT; MACROHABITAT; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SAPROXYLIC BEETLE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRUCE; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES; WOOD;

COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; PICEA;

EID: 84864719035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041100     Document Type: Article

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