Scale dependence of tree trunk spider diversity patterns in vertical and horizontal space

Ecoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-410

  Larrivée, Maxim ^a   Buddle, Christopher M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

alpha diversity; bark; beta diversity; canopy; metacommunity; spiders

Indexed keywords

BARK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; TREE; UNDERSTORY;

ARANEAE;

EID: 78650675614     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/17-4-3403     Document Type: Article

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