Systematics, biogeography, evolution, and natural history of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae).

Changes in the altitudinal distributions of montane carabid beetles as indicators of climate change.

Biogeography, ecology, and evolution of high-altitude, montane organisms and faunas.

General aspects of biogeography and evolution.

General principles and methods of systematics.

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Over the past decade Dave Kavanaugh has been cataloguing the carabid beetles of the Gaoligong Mountains.

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Entomology
(415) 379-5315
DKavanaugh@calacademy.org

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