Temporal effects on biodiversity and composition of arthropod communities along an urban–rural gradient

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1047-1060

  Van Nuland, Michael E ^a   Whitlow, W Lindsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Biodiversity; Fragmentation; Temporal effect; Urbanization; Urban rural gradient

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84919822592     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0358-z     Document Type: Article

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