Is species richness congruent among taxa? Surrogacy, complementarity, and environmental correlates among three disparate taxa in geographically isolated wetlands

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-139

  Kirkman, L Katherine ^a   Smith, Lora L ^a   Quintana Ascencio, Pedro F ^b   Kaeser, Melanie J ^a   Golladay, Stephen W ^a   Farmer, Anna L ^a,c  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian diversity; Indicator species; Isolated wetlands; Macroinvertebrate diversity; Taxa congruence; Temporary ponds; Wetland biodiversity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN DIVERSITY; INDICATOR SPECIES; ISOLATED WETLANDS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; TAXA CONGRUENCE; TEMPORARY PONDS; AMPHIBIAN DIVERSITIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE DIVERSITIES; TAXA CONGRUENCES; WETLAND BIODIVERSITIES;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BEETLE; COMPLEMENTARITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; WETLAND; ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE; POND; TAXONOMY;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; COLEOPTERA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 82655186726     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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