Factors determining beetle richness and composition along an altitudinal gradient in the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-441

  González Megías, Adela ^a   Gómez, José María ^a   Sánchez Piñero, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Biotic and abiotic factors; Multivariate analysis; Species assemblage; Standarized richness indices

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 58149269194     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-4-3105     Document Type: Article

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