Small scale gradient effects on isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea) in karstic sinkholes

Biologia

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 499-505

  Vilisics, Ferenc ^a   Sólymos, Péter ^a,b   Nagy, Antal ^c   Farkas, Roland ^d   Kemencei, Zita ^a   Hornung, Elisabeth ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d Nemzeti Park Igazgatosagok Hungary   (Hungary)

Author keywords

abundance; Aggtelek National Park; biodiversity assessment; diversity; species richness; woodlice; zonation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA;

EID: 79953799746     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0042-1     Document Type: Article

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