Species richness patterns of obligate subterranean beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in a global biodiversity hotspot - Effect of scale and sampling intensity

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-105

  Zagmajster, Maja ^a   Culver, David C ^b   Sket, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dinaric karst; Optimal cell size; Sampling intensity; Scale; Subterranean beetles

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; KARST; SAMPLING; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; BALKAN; EURASIA; TURKMENISTAN; WEST ASIA;

CARABIDAE; CHOLEVINAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 37149028772     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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