Geographical patterns of hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) functional groups in Europe: Inconsistency in environmental correlates and latitudinal trends

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 748-757

  Keil, Petr ^a   Dziock, Frank ^b   Storch, David ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental correlates; Europe; Functional groups; Latitudinal gradient; Species richness; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORDINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

DIPTERA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 55349146303     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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