Scale-dependence of the correlation between human population and the species richness of stream macro-invertebrates

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-280

  Pecher, Caroline ^a   Fritz, Susanne A ^b   Marini, Lorenzo ^c   Fontaneto, Diego ^d   Pautasso, Marco ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal biodiversity; Conservation biogeography; Ecosystem health; Fauna Europaea; Freshwater ecosystems; Geographical ecology; Landscape indicators; Macroecology; Taxa co occurrence; Western Palaearctic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 77953287536     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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