Terminology and quantification of environmental heterogeneity in species-richness research

Biological Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 815-836

  Stein, Anke ^a   Kreft, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross taxon comparison; Global study; Habitat diversity; Habitat structure; Heterogeneity measures; Landscape complexity; Structural complexity; Synonymy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; NOMENCLATURE; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; RESEARCH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84937162108     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12135     Document Type: Article

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