Spatio-temporal change in the relationship between habitat heterogeneity and species diversity

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-186

  González Megías, Adela ^a   Gómez, José María ^a   Sánchez Piñero, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat heterogeneity hypothesis; Mediterranean ecosystems; PERMANOVA; Similarity; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HABITAT MOSAIC; HETEROGENEITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 79953756259     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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