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Aleocharine Beetles as Indicators of Environmental Change

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A Faunal Review of Aleocharine Beetles in the Rapidly Changing Arctic and Subarctic Regions of North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

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Abstract

A short review of research in Canada using aleocharine beetles as indicators of forest change mainly due to different forestry practices is reviewed and discussed. It reletes mainly to boreal forests in eastern and central Canada.

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  1. Laurentian Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Quebec City, QC, Canada

    Jan Klimaszewski & Caroline Bourdon

  2. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Adam Brunke & Anthony Davies

  3. University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK, USA

    Derek S. Sikes

  4. Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

    Mikko Pentinsaari

  5. Whitehorse, YT, Canada

    Benoit Godin

  6. Charters Settlement, NB, Canada

    Reginald P. Webster

  7. Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA

    Alfred F. Newton

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Klimaszewski, J. et al. (2021). Aleocharine Beetles as Indicators of Environmental Change. In: A Faunal Review of Aleocharine Beetles in the Rapidly Changing Arctic and Subarctic Regions of North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68191-3_5

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