Effects of forest management on ground beetle diversity in alpine beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 328, Issue , 2014, Pages 300-309

  Negro, Matteo ^a   Vacchiano, Giorgio ^a   Berretti, Roberta ^a   Chamberlain, Dan E ^a   Palestrini, Claudia ^a   Motta, Renzo ^a   Rolando, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing islands; Carabus olympiae; Conversion to high forest; Coppice; Fagus sylvatica; Insect ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

AGEING ISLANDS; CARABUS OLYMPIAE; COPPICE; FAGUS SYLVATICA; HIGH FORESTS; INSECT ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEETLE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MICROHABITAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COPPICE; ECOLOGY; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; INSECTS;

ITALY;

EID: 84903398732     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.049     Document Type: Article

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