Urban biodiversity hotspots are not related to the structure of green spaces: a case study of tenebrionid beetles from Rome, Italy

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1033-1045

  Fattorini, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coleoptera Tenebrionidae; Conservation Planning; Green Spaces; Mediterranean; Rarity; Species Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 84944868347     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0375-y     Document Type: Article

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