Effect of landscape structure on the spatial distribution of Mediterranean dung beetle diversity

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 489-501

  Numa, Catherine ^a   Verdú, José R ^a   Sanchez A ^a   Galante, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Additive partitioning; Alpha; Beta; Deer grazing; Dung beetles; Gamma diversity; Landscape connectivity; Landscape matrix; Mediterranean ecosystems; Scarabaeoidea

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION TYPE;

CABANEROS NATIONAL PARK; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 64749116047     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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