Spatial patterns of diversity in the tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the Aegean Islands (Greece)

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-263

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Gamma diversity; Island biogeography; Land bridge islands; Paleogeography

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33645888138     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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