The asymmetric responses of carabid beetles to steppe fragmentation in Northwest China

It is acknowledged that human activities have initiated and increased steppe habitat loss and fragmentation in Northwest China. Carabid beetles are often used as bioindicators of environmental change because they are extremely sensitive to disturbance. We chose 42 landscapes (18 fragmented and 24 co...

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Main Authors: Shuhua Wei, Wenguang Huang, Mengmeng Zhu, Liyuan Gao, Ying Wang, Rong Zhang, Zhihong Li, Zihua Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235198942030127X