Faunistic knowledge and insect species loss in an urban area: The tenebrionid beetles of Rome

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 637-643

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extinction; Museum collections data; Species accumulation curves; Species richness estimation; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EXTINCTION; KNOWLEDGE; MUSEUM; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 84877833204     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-013-9569-5     Document Type: Article

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