Habitat selection and assemblage structure of darkling beetles (Col. Tenebrionidae) along environmental gradients on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn , Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-85

  De Los Santos, A ^a   De Nicolas J P ^a   Ferrer, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Associations; Environmental correlates; Insecta; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT SELECTION;

CANARY ISLANDS;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0036709541     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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