Competing Vegetation Structure Indices for Estimating Spatial Constrains in Carabid Abundance Patterns in Chinese Grasslands Reveal Complex Scale and Habitat Patterns
Carabid communities are influenced by landscape features. Chinese steppes are subject to increasing desertification processes that are changing land-cover characteristics with negative impacts on insect communities. Despite those warnings, how land-cover characteristics influence carabid communities...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-04-01
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Series: | Insects |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/4/249 |