Composition of terrestrial isopod assemblages along an urbanisation gradient in Denmark

Pedobiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-53

  Vilisics, Ferenc ^a   Elek, Zoltán ^a,b   Lövei, Gábor L ^b   Hornung, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inter habitat differences; Invader species hypothesis; Oniscidea; R nyi diversity; Woodlice

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FOREST; ISOPOD; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; URBANIZATION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SORO; VESTSJALLAND;

FAGUS; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA; ONISCUS ASELLUS; PHILOSCIA MUSCORUM; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 33847625518     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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