Darkling beetle communities in two geologically contrasting biotopes: Testing biodiversity patterns by microsite comparisons

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 787-793

  Fattorini, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coleoptera Tenebrionidae; Diversity; Evenness; Geometric series; Local selection; Mediterranean; Niche partitioning; Species abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; BEETLE; BIOTOPE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; ISLAND; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; NICHE; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SANTORIN; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 70450242658     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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