Nested patterns of community assembly in the colonisation of artificial canopy habitats by oribatid mites

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1856-1864

  Lindo, Zoë ^a   Winchester, Neville N ^a   Didham, Raphael K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; ASSEMBLY RULE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; HEIGHT; MITE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STOCHASTICITY; TOLERANCE;

ACARI; ORIBATIDA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 57649208612     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16920.x     Document Type: Article

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