Scientific Research and Essays

  • Abbreviation: Sci. Res. Essays
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-2248
  • DOI: 10.5897/SRE
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2768

Full Length Research Paper

Influence of post-fire successional gradients in Pinus brutia forests on ground beetle community changes

Burcin Yenisey Kaynas
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Ä°stiklal Campus, Burdur/Turkey.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 14 August 2014
  •  Accepted: 26 September 2014
  •  Published: 15 October 2014

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