Aphid biodiversity is positively correlated with human population in European countries

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 839-846

  Pautasso, Marco ^a   Powell, Glen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insect biogeography; Macroecology; Spatial autocorrelation; Species area relationship; Species people co existence

Indexed keywords

APHID; AUTOCORRELATION; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOMINID; MACROECOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; APHIDIDAE; AVES; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 67649221196     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1329-6     Document Type: Article

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