Cross-taxon congruence of α and β diversity among five leaf litter arthropod groups in Colombia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1493-1508

  Cabra García, Jimmy ^a,b   Bermúdez Rivas, Christian ^a   Osorio, Ana Milena ^a   Chacón, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Arachnids; Cross taxon congruence; Diversity indicators; Multi taxa inventories; Southwestern Colombia; Surrogate taxa; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARACHNID; BAMBOO; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LEAF LITTER; PASTURE; PREDATOR; RIPARIAN FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUGAR CANE; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION TYPE;

COLOMBIA;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DENDROCALAMUS GIGANTEUS; FORMICIDAE; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84860364459     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0259-5     Document Type: Article

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