Spatial scaling and transition in pneumatophore arthropod communities

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-136

  Procheş, Şerban ^a   Warren, Marié ^b   McGeoch, Melodie A ^c   Marshall, David J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MANGROVE; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77953956318     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06035.x     Document Type: Article

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