Soil disturbance favours threatened beetle species in sandy grasslands

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 827-835

  Olsson, Pål Axel ^a   Sjöholm, Christoffer ^a   Ödman, Anja Madelen ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Harpalus spp; Restoration; Sandy grassland; Soil disturbance; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; SANDY SOIL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BOS; CALATHUS MELANOCEPHALUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARPALUS;

EID: 85027939664     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: 15729753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9689-6     Document Type: Article

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