Abundance patterns of terrestrial isopods along an urbanization gradient

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-120

  Magura, T ^a   Hornung, E ^b   Tothmeresz B ^c  

^a UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

GLOBENET; Habitat specialist hypothesis; Opportunistic species hypothesis; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOPOD; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA; PORCELLIO SCABER; PORCELLIUM COLLICOLA; TRACHELIPUS RATHKEI; TRACHELIPUS RATZEBURGII;

EID: 49249124011     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.1.13     Document Type: Article

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