Species-area relationships arise from interaction of habitat heterogeneity and species pool

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 685, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-144

  Kolasa, J ^a   Manne, L L ^b   Pandit, S N ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic microcosms; Heterogeneity; Invertebrates; Rock pools; Species area relationships

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; ROCK POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VOLUME;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857657842     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0846-6     Document Type: Article

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