Life-history trait and functional diversity patterns of ground beetles and spiders along a coastal heathland successional gradient

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 606-614

  Schirmel, Jens ^a,b   Blindow, Irmgard ^a   Buchholz, Sascha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araneae; Carabidae; Functional dispersion; Simpson diversity; Species richness; Species sorting

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84870255978     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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