Functional species traits of carabid beetles living in two riparian alder forests of the Sila plateau subject to different disturbance factors (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

We studied carabid beetle assemblages found in riparian black alder forests in the Sila plateau (Southern Apennines). These carabid assemblages are characterized by a high incidence of endemic small-sized, low dispersal, highly stenotopic (hygrophilic), and trophycally specialized species. To evalua...

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Main Authors: Antonio Mazzei, Teresa Bonacci, Carmen Gangale, Roberto Pizzolotto, Pietro Brandmayr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2015-06-01
Series:Fragmenta entomologica
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Online Access:http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/132