Are there differences in structure between marine and terrestrial assemblages?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-26

  Gray, John S ^a   Bjørgesæter, Anders ^a   Ugland, Karl I ^a   Frank, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ants from tropical forests; Insects of heathland; Marine benthos and fish assemblages; Rare species; Species abundance distributions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 30744432310     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.12.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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