Is the matrix a sea? Habitat specificity in a naturally fragmented landscape

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-16

  Driscoll, Don A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beetle; Coleoptera; Fragmentation; Habitat patch specialist; Island biogeography; Matrix; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; METAPOPULATION; PATCH DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; TASMANIA; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; DACTYLOCTENIUM RADULANS;

EID: 13544255608     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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