Species richness and trait composition of butterfly assemblages change along an altitudinal gradient

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 613-623

  Leingärtner, Annette ^a   Krauss, Jochen ^a   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Biodiversity; Climate; Environmental filtering; Population density

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATEDNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BAVARIA; BERCHTESGADEN NATIONAL PARK; GERMANY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84901195004     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2917-7     Document Type: Article

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