Allometric ecological distributions in a local community of Hymenoptera

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-186

  Ulrich, Werner ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Biomass species diversity relationship; Density body weight relationship; Hymenoptera; Species area relationship; Species body weight relationship

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

FAGUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 2642526348     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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