Biodiversity on urban roundabouts-Hemiptera, management and the species-area relationship

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-377

  Helden, Alvin J ^a   Leather, Simon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auchenorrhyncha; Habitat; Heteroptera; Individuals area relationships; Psylloidea; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AUCHENORRHYNCHA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PSYLLOIDEA;

EID: 4644268840     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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