Urban dry meadows provide valuable habitat for granivorous and xerophylic carabid beetles

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 747-764

  Venn, Stephen J ^a   Kotze, D Johan ^a   Lassila, Titta ^a   Niemelä, Jari K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ground beetle; Meadow; Open habitat; Semi natural grassland; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRANIVORY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MEADOW; URBAN AREA;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FESTUCA OVINA; HEXAPODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84880508557     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-013-9558-8     Document Type: Article

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