Habitat fragmentation in an urban environment: Large and small fragments support different arthropod assemblages

Biological Conservation

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-100

  Gibb, Heloise ^a   Hochuli, Dieter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Beetles; Flies; Fragment size; Functional groups; Habitat fragmentation; Indicator species; Spiders; Wasps

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEATHLAND; URBANIZATION; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036252110     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00232-4     Document Type: Article

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