Community assembly of Diptera following restoration of mined boreal bogs: Taxonomic and functional diversity

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-176

  Taillefer, Amélie Grégoire ^a   Wheeler, Terry A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Colonization; Environmental conditions; Peatlands; Trophic assemblages

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PEATLAND; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TROPHIC STATUS;

BRACHYCERA; BRYOPHYTA; DIPTERA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84858155754     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-011-9403-x     Document Type: Article

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