Island biogeography of urban insects: Tenebrionid beetles from Rome tell a different story

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 729-735

  Fattorini, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Conservation planning; Island biogeography; Mediterranean; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905708854     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-014-9681-1     Document Type: Article

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