Arthropods as surrogates of diversity at different spatial scales

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1287-1294

  Gaspar, Clara ^a,b   Gaston, Kevin J ^b   Borges, Paulo A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Azores; Diversity surrogate; Native forest; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 77951024154     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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