Temporally variable environments maintain more beta-diversity in Mediterranean landscapes

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Martin, Beatriz ^a   Ferrer, Miguel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Diversity pattern; Environmental variation; NDVI; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERALIST; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NDVI; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTEBRATE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84936151005     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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