Effect of island geological age on the arthropod species richness of Azorean pastures

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-410

  Borges, Paulo A V ^a,c   Brown, Valerie K ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Island age; Island biogeography; Pasture arthropods; Species richness; Standard area sampling; Time hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AZORES;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032919225     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0285     Document Type: Article

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