Quantifying beetle and bird diversity in a Mediterranean mountain agro-ecosystem

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-25

  Plexida, Sofia ^a   Sfougaris, Athanassios ^a   Papadopoulos, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

birds; Coleoptera; diversity indices; species composition; species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CULTIVATION; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; ECOTONE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GREECE;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871643844     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.58.1.1     Document Type: Article

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