Fine-scale Beta-diversity Patterns Across Multiple Arthropod Taxa Over a Neotropical Latitudinal Gradient

Biotropica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 588-594

  Gonçalves Souza, Thiago ^a   Araújo, Marcel S ^b   Barbosa, Eduardo P ^c   Lopes, Sonia M ^d   Kaminski, Lucas A ^e   Shimizu, Gustavo H ^c   Santos, Adalberto J ^f   Romero, Gustavo Q ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alpha, beta, and gamma diversity; Dispersal; Diversity partitioning; Life history; Plant identity

Indexed keywords

ANT; CATERPILLAR; COCKROACH; DISPERSAL; DIVERSITY INDEX; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84941219668     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12242     Document Type: Article

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