The effects of land-use change on arthropod richness and abundance on Santa Maria Island (Azores): Unmanaged plantations favour endemic beetles

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-522

  Meijer, Seline S ^a,b,d,e   Whittaker, Robert J ^a,c   Borges, Paulo A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Azores; Conservation biogeography; Endemic species; Land use; Landscape matrix

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTHROPOD; BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT TYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AZORES; PORTUGAL; SANTA MARIA [AZORES];

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 79960039494     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9330-2     Document Type: Article

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