Exploring the causes of high biodiversity of Iberian dehesas: the importance of wood pastures and marginal habitats

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 87-105

  Moreno, Gerardo ^a   Gonzalez Bornay, Guillermo ^a   Pulido, Fernando ^a   Lopez Diaz, María Lourdes ^a   Bertomeu, Manuel ^a   Juárez, Enrique ^a   Diaz, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bees; Earthworms; Scattered trees; Shared species; Species accumulation curves; Spiders; Wood pastures

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BEE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; EARTHWORM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PASTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84958046607     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-015-9817-7     Document Type: Article

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