Age-dependent colonization of urban habitats: A diachronic approach using carabid beetles and spiders

Animal Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-269

  Varet, Marion ^a,b   Pétillon, Julien ^c   Lafage, Denis ^c,d   Burel, Françoise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CS 20723 ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Araneae; Carabidae; Coleoptera; human disturbance; succession; urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HABITAT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEIGHBORHOOD; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; SUCCESSION;

FRANCE;

EID: 84890957939     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15707563-00002410     Document Type: Article

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