Turnover in flightless invertebrate species composition over different spatial scales in Afrotemperate forest in the Drakensberg, South Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-351

  Uys, Charmaine ^a   Hamer, Michelle ^a   Slotow, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Diplopoda; Formicidae; Mollusca; Oligochaeta; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INVERTEBRATE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

AFRICA; DRAKENSBERG; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANNELIDA; CHILOPODA; DIPLOPODA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 69049121010     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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