Using datasets of different taxonomic detail to assess the influence of floodplain characteristics on terrestrial arthropod assemblages

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2087-2110

  Schipper, Aafke M ^a   Lotterman, Kim ^a,b   Geertsma, Marten ^a   Leuven, Rob S E W ^a   Hendriks, A Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Bureau Natuurbalans Limes Divergens   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Coleoptera; Heavy metal contamination; Redundancy analysis; River Rhine; Taxonomic resolution; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; HEAVY METAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

RHINE RIVER;

ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77952956412     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9828-7     Document Type: Article

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