Carabid Beetle Ecology as a Function of Disturbance in Temperate and Tropical Forests

Ecological disturbance is an episodic event which causes temporary disruption to components integral to structure and function of an ecosystem. With the majority of today’s forests recovering from past disturbance, knowledge of the changes and patterns of forest species in relation to disturbance events are important to our understanding of ecosystem change. The focus of this research is to examine the effects of forest disturbance on species distributions and species assemblages, with carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as the model organism group.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Riley, Kathryn Nicole

• community ecology

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/64179

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/64179