Beetle abundance-environment relationships at the subantarctic-patagonian transition zone

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-92

  Ruggiero, Adriana ^a,c   Sackmann, Paula ^a,c   Farji Brener, Alejandro G ^a,c   Kun, Marcelo ^b  

^a Laboratorio Ecotono   (Argentina)

^b Departamento de Zoología   (Argentina)

^c LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Eigenvector based spatial filtering; Epigaeic beetles; Patagonian steppe; Path analysis; Productivity; Subantarctic forests; Thermal limitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349604857     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2009.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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