Spatial and temporal dynamics of habitat selection across canopy gradients generates patterns of species richness and composition in aquatic beetles

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-465

  Binckley, Christopher A ^a,c   Resetarits Jr , William J ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Connectivity; Dispersal; Diversity; Metacommunity; Oviposition site selection

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PATCHINESS; SITE SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 67651219443     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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