Community level patterns in diverse systems: A case study of litter fauna in a Mexican pine-oak forest using higher taxa surrogates and re-sampling methods

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-84

  Moreno, Claudia E ^a   Guevara, Roger ^b   Sánchez Rojas, Gerardo ^a   Téllez, Dianeis ^a   Verdú, José R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest management; Functional groups; Litter fauna; Re sampling methods; Taxonomic resolution; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FAUNA; LITTER; MODELING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38649104459     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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