Human population, grasshopper and plant species richness in European countries

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-310

  Steck, Claude E ^a   Pautasso, Marco ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Entomology; Human beings; Latitudinal gradient; Macroecology; Spatial autocorrelation; Species area relationship; Taxa co occurrence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COEXISTENCE; FERTILITY; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT QUALITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CAELIFERA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; ORTHOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; REPTILIA;

EID: 55249122885     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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