TY - T1 - Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as bioindicators SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1975/236 T3 - A1 - Rainio, J.; Niemelä, J. A2 - PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers Y1 - 2003 LA - en AB - One of the primary goals of research on bioindicators is to identify species or other taxonomic units that would reliably indicate disturbances in the environment, and reflect the responses of other species or the overall biodiversity. However, there is no perfect bioindicator and selecting the most suitable one depends to a great extent on the goal of the survey. In this paper we examine the suitability of carabids as bioindicators. Carabids are frequently used to indicate habitat alteration. T... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Bioindicators; Carabids; Fragmentation; Ground beetles N1 - PP - ER -