A biogeographical analysis of the tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the island of Thasos in the context of the Aegean Islands (Greece)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 46, 2006, Pages 3919-3949

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,c   Fowles, Adrian P ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Plas Penrhos ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distributional patterns; East mediterranean; Faunal similarity; Island biogeography; Species area relationship; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; KAVALA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THASSOS;

COLEOPTERA; PLATYDEMA; PLEBEJUS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33645322952     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500533443     Document Type: Article

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