Edge effects on ground-dwelling beetles (Carabidae and Staphylinidae) in oak forest-forest edge-grassland habitats in Hungary

Forest edges are essential to the maintenance of biodiversity at the landscape level. According to the edge effect hypothesis, diversity is higher in an edge than in adjacent areas. We tested the edge effect hypothesis for carabids and staphylinids in an oak forest-forest edge-grassland complex in t...

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Main Authors: Béla TÓTHMÉRÉSZ, Dávid D. NAGY, Szabolcs MIZSER, Dávid BOGYÓ, Tibor MAGURA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2014-12-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
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Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-201405-0013_Edge_effects_on_ground-dwelling_beetles_Carabidae_and_Staphylinidae_in_oak_forest-forest_edge-grassland_habit.php