Local species richness of Central European hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): A lesson taught by local faunal lists

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 417-426

  Keil, Petr ^a   Konvicka, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Diversity determinants; Geography; Local assemblages; Macroecology; Multiple regression; Species richness

Indexed keywords

MACROECOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

DIPTERA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 28344431748     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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