Species richness and abundance of small mammals along an elevational gradient of a Mediterranean mountain

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-208

  Torre, I ^a   Arrizabalaga, A ^a  

^a Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers La Tela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; Climate; Elevation; Mid domain effect; Small mammals; Species density; Species richness; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIVERSITY INDEX; ELEVATION; INTERPOLATION; MOUNTAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CATALONIA; MONTSENY NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 73849127720     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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