An experimental assessment of biodiversity and species turnover in terrestrial vs canopy leaf litter

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 335-347

  Fagan, Laura L ^a,b   Didham, Raphael K ^c   Winchester, Neville N ^b   Behan Pelletier, Valerie ^d   Clayton, Marilyn ^e   Lindquist, Evert ^d   Ring, Richard A ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acari; Colonization; Elevation; Forest canopy; Habitat specialization; Litter bag; Montane; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MITE; PATCHINESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TURNOVER;

ACARI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ACARI; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; ACARI; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 32444441660     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0262-6     Document Type: Article

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