The importance of small-scale habitat structure for maintaining beta diversity

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1619-1626

  Hewitt, Judy E ^a   Thrush, Simon F ^a   Halliday, Jane ^a   Duffy, Clinton ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Conservation; Habitat heterogeneity; Marine reserve; New Zealand; Patch size; Seafloor management; Shell debris; Small scale; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; SHELL; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 20444429756     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1099     Document Type: Article

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