A metacommunity framework for enhancing the effectiveness of biological monitoring strategies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Siqueira, Tadeu ^a   Bini, Luis M ^b   Roque, Fabio O ^c   Cottenie, Karl ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPHEMEROPTERAN; FOREST; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METACOMMUNITY FRAMEWORK; NONHUMAN; PLECOPTERAN; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRICHOPTERA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865298242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043626     Document Type: Article

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