Small habitat size and isolation can promote species richness: Second-order effects on biodiversity in shallow lakes and ponds

Oikos

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 227-231

  Scheffer, M ^a   Van Geest, G J ^a   Zimmer, K ^b   Jeppesen, E ^c,d   Sondergaard M ^c,d   Butler, M G ^e   Hanson, M A ^f   Declerck, S ^g   De Meester, L ^g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645121999     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14145.x     Document Type: Review

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