Does species-level resolution matter? Taxonomic sufficiency in terrestrial arthropod biodiversity studies

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-462

  Timms, Laura L ^a   Bowden, Joseph J ^a   Summerville, Keith S ^b   Buddle, Chris M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbance; Forest management; Taxonomic sufficiency; Terrestrial arthropods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880299646     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12004     Document Type: Article

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