Using higher taxa as surrogates of species richness: A study based on 3700 Coleoptera, Diptera, and Acari species in Central-Hungarian reserves

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 589-593

  Báldi, András ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Invertebrate surveys; Nature reserves; Rapid biodiversity assessment; Species number correlations

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346269260     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00193     Document Type: Article

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