Diversity and conservation of terrestrial arthropods in tidal marshes along the River Schelde: A gradient analysis

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-229

  Desender, Konjev ^a,c   Maelfait, Jean Pierre ^b,c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecology; Salinity gradient; Terrestrial arthropods; Tidal marshes

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; INVERTEBRATE; MARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIDAL INLET;

BELGIUM;

AMPHIPODA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA;

EID: 0032889868     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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