Water beetle biodiversity in Mediterranean standing waters: Assemblage composition, environmental drivers and nestedness patterns

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-158

  Picazo, Félix ^a   Bilton, David T ^b   Moreno, José Luis ^c   Sánchez Fernández, David ^a,d   Millán, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic Coleoptera; Community ecology; Conservation; Nestedness; Standing waters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858277104     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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