A spatial scale assessment of habitat effects on arthropod communities of an oceanic island

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 590-597

  Cardoso, Pedro ^a   Aranda, Silvia C ^a,b   Lobo, Jorge M ^b   Dinis, Francisco ^a   Gaspar, Clara ^a   Borges, Paulo A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Endemic species; Exotic plantations; Habitat heterogeneity; Introduced species; Land use; Landscape matrix; Macaronesia; Native species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ARTHROPOD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAND USE CHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 70349113425     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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