Biodiversity patterns in a macroinvertebrate community of a temporary pond network

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-21

  Florencio, Margarita ^a   Díaz Paniagua, Carmen ^a   Gómez Rodríguez, Carola ^b   Serrano, Laura ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Environmental heterogeneity; Idiosyncratic species; Mediterranean temporary ponds; Nestedness; Pond conservation; Spatial descriptors; Species replacement; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892547631     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12029     Document Type: Review

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