Testing the latitudinal gradient: A narrow-scale analysis of tenebrionid richness (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) in the Aegean archipelago (Greece)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-211

  Fattorini, Simone ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

East Mediterranean; Island biogeography; Latitudinal gradient; Species area relationships; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33747019165     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000600679397     Document Type: Article

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