Nested subset structure of larval mycophagous fly assemblages: nestedness in a non-island system

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-264

  Worthen, Wade B ^a   Carswell, M Lisa ^a   Kelly, Kimberly A ^a  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Drosophila; Nested subsets; Species area relationships

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DOHRNIPHORA; DROSOPHILA FALLENI; DROSOPHILA PUTRIDA; DROSOPHILA TRIPUNCTATA; LEPTOCERA; LEUCOPHENGA VARIA; MUSCIDAE; MYCODROSOPHILA DIMIDIATA; PHORIDAE; QUERCUS; SPHAEROCERIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

MUSHROOM; MYCOPHAGY;

EID: 0029662612     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327910     Document Type: Article

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