Traits underpinning desiccation resistance explain distribution patterns of terrestrial isopods

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 667-677

  Dias, André T C ^a   Krab, Eveline J ^a   Mariën, Janine ^a   Zimmer, Martin ^b   Cornelissen, Johannes H C ^a   Ellers, Jacintha ^a   Wardle, David A ^c   Berg, Matty P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detritivores; Drought; Functional traits; Isopoda; Soil moisture; Water loss rate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESICCATION; DETRITIVORY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; ISOPOD; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; RELATEDNESS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SURFACE AREA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; EUROPE; ISOPODA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; EUROPE; ISOPODA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUROPE;

ISOPODA;

EID: 84878993031     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2541-3     Document Type: Article

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