Insect communities and the spatial complexity of mountain habitats

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Haslett, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Environmental change; Microclimate; Mosaic patches and edges; Scale; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SYRPHIDAE;

ALPINE MEADOW; INSECT COMMUNITY; MOUNTAIN HABITAT;

EID: 0031473622     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997526     Document Type: Article

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