Local-regional boundary shifts in oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) communities: Species-area relationships in arboreal habitat islands of a coastal temperate rain forest, Vancouver Island, Canada

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1611-1621

  Lindo, Zoë ^a   Winchester, Neville N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary shift; Canopy; Habitat islands; Oribatid mites; Scale dependence; Species area relationship; Suspended soil; Western redcedar

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROHABITAT; MITE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ACARI; ORIBATIDA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 34548140553     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01710.x     Document Type: Article

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