Local extinction processes rather than edge effects affect ground beetle assemblages from fragmented and urbanised old beech forests

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-90

  Gaublomme, Eva ^a,b   Eggermont, Hilde ^a   Hendrickx, Frederik ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Edge effects; Fragmentation; Meta community; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892539255     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12036     Document Type: Article

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