Community structure of artificial container-breeding flies (Insecta: Diptera) in relation to the urbanization level

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-295

  Rubio, Alejandra ^a   Bellocq, María Isabel ^a   Vezzani, Darío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chironomidae; Community structure; Culicidae; Insect conservation; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PUBLIC WORKS;

CHIRONOMIDAE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CULICIDAE; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBANIZATION LEVELS;

CONTAINERS;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOWER; FLY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LARVA; OPEN SPACE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

ARGENTINA;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 84858009055     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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