Indicators of species richness at the local scale in an alpine region: A comparative approach between plant and invertebrate taxa

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1341-1352

  Finch, O ^a   Löffler, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Arthropods; Biodiversity indicators; Lichens; Plants; Surrogate taxa

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GRASS; HERB; INVERTEBRATE; LICHEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER;

SCANDES MOUNTAINS;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSIDAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77952090796     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9765-5     Document Type: Article

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