Converting land into golf courses - effects on ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 247-251

  Saarikivi, Jarmo ^a   Tähtinen, Saara ^a   Malmberg, Sampsa ^a   Kotze, D Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic habitats; Biodiversity; Carabidae; Conservation; Ground beetles; Helsinki area; Species assemblage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929326137     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12103     Document Type: Article

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