Self-similar patterns of nature: Insect diversity at local to global scales

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1596, 2006, Pages 1935-1941

  Finlay, Bland J ^a   Thomas, Jeremy A ^a   McGavin, George C ^b   Fenchel, Tom ^c   Clarke, Ralph T ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Insects; Local to global scales; Self similar patterns; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INSECT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; ENTOMOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; INSECTS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750621834     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3525     Document Type: Article

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