The quantification of habitat architecture for explanations of arthropod assemblage patterns: A comparison of two methods

Community Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-91

  Moffatt, C ^a   McNeill, S ^b   Morton, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architectural complexity; Drop disc; Fisher's alpha; Habitat structure; Insect community; Point quadrat; Williams' alpha

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEXITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 20544445194     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.6.2005.1.9     Document Type: Article

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