Determinants of beta diversity of spiders in coastal dunes along a gradient of mediterraneity

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-234

  Carvalho, José C ^a   Cardoso, Pedro ^b,c   Crespo, Luís C ^d   Henriques, Sérgio ^e   Carvalho, Rui ^e   Gomes, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Araneae; Beta diversity; Coastal dunes; Latitudinal gradients; Mediterranean; Portugal

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DUNE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RARITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARANEAE;

EID: 79951663162     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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