Drivers of carabid functional diversity: Abiotic environment, plant functional traits, or plant functional diversity?

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1213-1224

  Pakeman, Robin J ^a   Stockan, Jenni A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Functional divergence; Functional evenness; Functional richness; Ground beetle; Response traits

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PITFALL TRAP; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; PLANTS;

EID: 84903643183     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1059.1     Document Type: Article

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