Effects of river restoration on riparian ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Europe

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 769, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 93-104

  Januschke, Kathrin ^a   Verdonschot, Ralf C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Floodplain; Riparian zone; River restoration; Semi terrestrial invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BEETLE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HABITAT RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EUROPE;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84959575729     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2532-6     Document Type: Article

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