Edge or dispersal effects - Their relative importance on arthropod densities on small islands

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-484

  Östman, Örjan ^a   Mellbrand, Kajsa ^a   Hambäck, Peter A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emigration; Immigration; Lycosidae; Metacommunity; Patch area; Spatial subsidies

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LYCOSIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 67650539611     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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