Additive partitioning of spider diversity in a fragmented tropical dry forest (Valle del Cauca, Colombia)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-205

  Cabra García, Jimmy ^a   Chacón, Patricia ^a   Valderrama Ardila, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ICESI   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Diversity components; El Vnculo Natural Regional Park; sampling methods; spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE;

EID: 77956670595     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/P09-68.1     Document Type: Article

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