Spatial and environmental factors contributing to patterns in arboreal and terrestrial oribatid mite diversity across spatial scales

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 817-825

  Lindo, Zoë ^a   Winchester, Neville N ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Canonical correspondence analysis; Dispersal; Mantel test; Oribatid mites

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MITE; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFOREST; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MITES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

ACARI; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 67649202228     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1348-3     Document Type: Article

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