Are urban green spaces suitable for woodland carabids? First insights from a short-term experiment

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 671-679

  Vergnes, Alan ^a   Chantepie, Stéphane ^a   Robert, Alexandre ^a   Clergeau, Philippe ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Abax parallelepipedus; Capture Mark Recapture; Survival probability; Urban ecology; Urban green space; Woodland carabids

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CAPTURE METHOD; COLONIZATION; GREENSPACE; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REFUGE; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VIABILITY; WOODLAND;

ABAX PARALLELEPIPEDUS; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE;

EID: 84880506189     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-013-9551-2     Document Type: Article

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