International Biodiversity Observation Year in Western-Pacific and Asian regions (DIWPA-IBOY): A case report on species rarity and spatio-temporal variability of species composition in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera communities from a temperate forest of northern Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 811-818

  Hirao, Toshihide ^a   Murakami, Masashi ^a   Kogi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kashizaki, Akira ^b   Hirai, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tanabe, Shin Ich ^c   Inari, Naoki ^a   Yorozuya, Hiroshi ^a   Toda, Masanori J ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Insect community; Mass effect; Relative abundance distribution; Species rarity

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MOTH; RARITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33751046656     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0039-3     Document Type: Article

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