Insects and the city: What island biogeography tells us about insect conservation in urban areas

Web Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 41-45

  Fattorini, S ^a,b  

^a CE3C Centre for Ecology Evolution and Environmental Changes Azorean Biodiversity Group   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; GREENSPACE; INSECT; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84958051849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-16-41-2016     Document Type: Article

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