The unusual suspect: Land use is a key predictor of biodiversity patterns in the Iberian Peninsula

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-50

  Martins, Inês Santos ^a,b   Proença, Vânia ^c   Pereira, Henrique Miguel ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat affinity; Habitat heterogeneity; Land use change; Multimodel selection; Species area models; Terrestrial vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; GRAIN SIZE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HERB; LAND USE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PASSERINE; REPTILE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84911116048     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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